Leviticus 24:21:2Lev.24.21.W2PAT

בְהֵמָ֖ה

behemah

animal

Transliteration
be-he-MAH
Extended
beh-heh-MAA
IPA
/bəheˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
animal
French
animal
Spanish
animal
Portuguese
animal
German
Tier
Russian
животное
Arabic-Simplified
حيوان
Hindi
जानवर
Chinese-Simplified
动物
Korean
동물
Indonesian
binatang
Bengali
পশু
Tagalog
hayop
Swahili
mnyama
Amharic
እንስሳ
Yoruba
ẹranko
Igbo
anụmanụ
Twi
aboa
Ewe
agbalẽ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + הֵ + מָ֖ה
be + he + mah
behemah

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-he-MAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-ma-KEH be-he-MAH

  3. clause

    oo-ma-KEH be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah

  4. sentence

    oo-ma-KEH be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah oo-ma-KEH ah-DAAM yoo-MAAT

In contextLeviticus 24:21

animal one who strikes compensates person one who strikes shall be killed

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 24:21, so the Hebrew word בְהֵמָ֖ה (behemah) 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.24.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.21.W2.S1) and character.