1 Kings 16:24:111 Kgs.16.24.W11TAB
אֶת־שֵׁ֤ם
etshem
“{direct object} the name of”
- Transliteration
- ET-SHEM
- Extended
- EET-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the name of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ET-SHEM ha-IR
- clause
va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
In context — 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֵׁ֤ם (etshem) 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 1 Kgs.16.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.24.W11.S1) and character.