Genesis 14:2:12Gen.14.2.W12TAB
וְשֶׁמְאֵ֙בֶר֙
veshemever
“and Shemeber”
- Transliteration
- ve-shem-E-ver
- Extended
- veh-shem-EH-vehr
- IPA
- /wə.ʃɛm.ˈʔeː.vɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shemeber
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shem-E-ver
- clause
shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
- sentence
a-SU mil-kha-MA et-be-RA ME-lekh se-DOM ve-et-bir-SHA ME-lekh a-mo-RA shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
In context — Genesis 14:2
They made war against Bera king of Sodom, against Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁמְאֵ֙בֶר֙ (veshemever) 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.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.2.W12.S1) and character.