Leviticus 11:16:4Lev.11.16.W4PAT
וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס
veethatakhmas
“and the nighthawk”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-TAKH-MAS
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-TAHKH-MAAS
- IPA
- /və.ʔet.hat.taħ.ˈmaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the nighthawk
- French
- et l'engoulevent
- Spanish
- y el chotacabras
- Portuguese
- e o noitibó
- German
- und die Nachtschwalbe
- Russian
- и ночной ястреб
- Arabic-Simplified
- وطائر الليل
- Hindi
- और रात का बाज
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和夜鹰
- Korean
- 그리고 밤매
- Indonesian
- dan burung malam
- Bengali
- এবং রাতচরা পাখি
- Tagalog
- at ibong gabi
- Swahili
- na ndege wa usiku
- Amharic
- እና የሌሊት ጭልፊት
- Yoruba
- ati ẹyẹ òru
- Igbo
- na nnụnụ abalị
- Twi
- na anadwo akɔre
- Ewe
- kple avia ɣetrɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-TAKH-MAS
- clause
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAH ve-ET-ha-TAKH-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-KHAF
- sentence
ve-ET BAT ha-ya-a-NAH ve-ET-ha-TAKH-MAS ve-ET-ha-SHA-KHAF ve-ET-ha-NETS le-mi-NE-hu
In context — Leviticus 11:16
and daughter the ostrich and the nighthawk and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 11:16, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס (veethatakhmas) 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 Lev.11.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.16.W4.S1) and character.