Genesis 6:2:13Gen.6.2.W13PAT

בָּחָֽרוּ׃

bakharu

chose

Transliteration
ba-kha-RU
Extended
bah-khah-ROO
IPA
/baː.ħa.ˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
chose
French
choisirent
Spanish
escogieron
Portuguese
escolheram
German
wählten
Russian
выбрали
Arabic-Simplified
اخْتَارُوا
Hindi
चुनीं
Chinese-Simplified
挑选了
Korean
택한
Indonesian
memilih
Bengali
বেছে নিল
Tagalog
pinili
Swahili
walichagua
Amharic
መረጡ
Yoruba
yàn
Igbo
họọrọ
Twi
paw
Ewe
tia

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Result
בָּ + חָֽ + רוּ׃
ba + kha + ru
bakharu

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-kha-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ba-kha-RU

  3. clause

    va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU

  4. sentence

    va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU

In contextGenesis 6:2

the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind that beautiful they took for themselves wives from all whom chose

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 6:2, so the Hebrew word בָּחָֽרוּ׃ (bakharu) 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.6.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.2.W13.S1) and character.