Genesis 15:12:2Gen.15.12.W2TAB
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mehsh
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃɛ.mɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV
Exegesis
This is followed by the temporal infinitive phrase hashemesh lavo {הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לָבוֹא | haššemeš lāḇôʾ} ‘the sun to go in’, which functions as a circumstantial temporal clause, naturally rendered in English as “as the sun was going down.”
Root and etymology
š-m-š
“to shine”
In context — Genesis 15:12
And it came to pass, as the sun was going down, that a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a terror —a great darkness—was falling upon him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (hashemesh) 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.15.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W2.S1) and character.