Genesis 49:3:2Gen.49.3.W2PAT

בְּכֹ֣רִי

bekhori

my firstborn

Transliteration
be-KHO-ri
Extended
beh-KHO-ree
IPA
/bəˈxoː.riː/

Meaning by language

English
my firstborn
French
mon premier-né
Spanish
mi primogénito
Portuguese
meu primogênito
German
mein Erstgeborener
Russian
мой первенец
Arabic-Simplified
ابني البكر
Hindi
मेरा पहिलौठा
Chinese-Simplified
我的长子
Korean
내 장자
Indonesian
anak sulungku
Bengali
আমার প্রথমজাত
Tagalog
aking panganay
Swahili
mzaliwa wangu wa kwanza
Amharic
በኵር ልጄ
Yoruba
àkọ́bí mi
Igbo
ọkpara m
Twi
m'abakan
Ewe
nye ŋgɔgbevi

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Result
בְּ + כֹ֣ + רִי
be + kho + ri
bekhori

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KHO-ri

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHO-ri a-TA

  3. clause

    re-u-VEN be-KHO-ri a-TA ko-KHI ve-re-SHIT o-NI

  4. 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 contextGenesis 49:3

Reuben my firstborn you my strength and beginning of my vigor excellence of dignity and excellence of might

About this coordinate

Genesis 49:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 49:3, so the Hebrew word בְּכֹ֣רִי (bekhori) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.3.W2.S1) and character.