Genesis 49:12:5Gen.49.12.W5PAT
מֵחָלָֽב׃
mekhalav
“than milk”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-LAV
- Extended
- meh-khah-LAAV
- IPA
- /meː.ħaˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- than milk
- French
- que le lait
- Spanish
- que la leche
- Portuguese
- do que o leite
- German
- als Milch
- Russian
- чем молоко
- Arabic-Simplified
- من اللبن
- Hindi
- दूध से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 比牛奶
- Korean
- 젖보다
- Indonesian
- daripada susu
- Bengali
- দুধের চেয়ে
- Tagalog
- kaysa sa gatas
- Swahili
- kuliko maziwa
- Amharic
- ከወተት ይልቅ
- Yoruba
- ju wara lọ
- Igbo
- karịa mmiri ara ehi
- Twi
- sen nufusu
- Ewe
- wu nɔnɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
מֵ + חָ + לָֽב׃
↓
me + kha + lav
↓
mekhalav
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-kha-LAV
- clause
u-le-ven-shin-NA-yim me-kha-LAV
- sentence
khakh-li-LI ei-NA-yim mi-YA-yin u-le-ven-shin-NA-yim me-kha-LAV
In context — Genesis 49:12
darker eyes than wine and whiteness of teeth than milk
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 49:12, so the Hebrew word מֵחָלָֽב׃ (mekhalav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.49.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.12.W5.S1) and character.