Genesis 6:1:2Gen.6.1.W2PAT
כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל
kihekhel
“when began”
- Transliteration
- ki-he-KHEL
- Extended
- kee-heh-KHEL
- IPA
- /kiː.he.ˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- when began
- French
- quand commença
- Spanish
- cuando comenzó
- Portuguese
- quando começou
- German
- als begann
- Russian
- когда начал
- Arabic-Simplified
- عندما ابتدأ
- Hindi
- जब
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当
- Korean
- 시작할 때
- Indonesian
- ketika mulai
- Bengali
- যখন
- Tagalog
- nang magsimulang
- Swahili
- wakati alianza
- Amharic
- በጀመረ ጊዜ
- Yoruba
- nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀
- Igbo
- mgbe ọ malitere
- Twi
- bere a ofii ase
- Ewe
- esime wòtsɔ ase
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-he-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
ki-he-KHEL ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-he-KHEL ha-a-DAM la-ROV al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-he-KHEL ha-a-DAM la-ROV al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA u-va-NOT yul-le-DU la-HEM
In context — Genesis 6:1
and it happened the man when began to multiply upon the surface of the ground and daughters were born to them
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 6:1, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל (kihekhel) 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.6.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.1.W2.S1) and character.