Genesis 49:3:1Gen.49.3.W1PAT
רְאוּבֵן֙
reuven
“Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /rə.ʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Reuben
- French
- Ruben
- Spanish
- Rubén
- Portuguese
- Rúben
- German
- Ruben
- Russian
- Рувим
- Arabic-Simplified
- رأوبين
- Hindi
- रूबेन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 鲁本
- Korean
- 르우벤
- Indonesian
- Ruben
- Bengali
- রূবেন
- Tagalog
- Ruben
- Swahili
- Reubeni
- Amharic
- ሮቤን
- Yoruba
- Rúbẹni
- Igbo
- Ruben
- Twi
- Ruben
- Ewe
- Ruben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- clause
re-u-VEN be-KHO-ri a-TA ko-KHI ve-re-SHIT o-NI
- sentence
re-u-VEN be-KHO-ri a-TA ko-KHI ve-re-SHIT o-NI YE-ter se-ET ve-YE-ter AZ
In context — Genesis 49:3
Reuben my firstborn you my strength and beginning of my vigor excellence of dignity and excellence of might
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 49:3, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵן֙ (reuven) 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.49.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.3.W1.S1) and character.