Genesis 7:20:3Gen.7.20.W3PAT
אַמָּה֙
ama
“cubits”
- Transliteration
- a-MA
- Extended
- ah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʔam.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cubits
- French
- coudées
- Spanish
- codos
- Portuguese
- côvados
- German
- Ellen
- Russian
- локтей
- Arabic-Simplified
- ذراعًا
- Hindi
- हाथ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 肘尺
- Korean
- 규빗
- Indonesian
- hasta
- Bengali
- হাত
- Tagalog
- siko
- Swahili
- dhiraa
- Amharic
- ክንድ
- Yoruba
- igunwọ̀n
- Igbo
- ogwe-aka
- Twi
- nsa susukoraa
- Ewe
- abɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַ + מָּה֙
↓
a + ma
↓
ama
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MA
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MESH es-REH a-MA
- clause
kha-MESH es-REH a-MA mil-MA-lah ga-ve-RU ha-MA-yim
- sentence
kha-MESH es-REH a-MA mil-MA-lah ga-ve-RU ha-MA-yim va-ye-khu-SU he-ha-RIM
In context — Genesis 7:20
the waters prevailed {And} were covered the mountains five ten cubits from above
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 7:20, so the Hebrew word אַמָּה֙ (ama) 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.7.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.20.W3.S1) and character.