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
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

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Result
כִּֽי + הֵ + חֵ֣ל
ki + he + khel
kihekhel

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-he-KHEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-he-KHEL ha-a-DAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ki-he-KHEL ha-a-DAM la-ROV al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.