Genesis 17:23:3Gen.17.23.W3TAB
אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל
etyishmael
“Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- ET-yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- EET-yish-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.jiʃ.ma.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ishmael
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-yish-ma-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
A series of objects marked by et/ve-et {אֶת/וְאֵת | ʾeṯ/wə-ʾēṯ} enumerates covenant participants: Yishmaʿel beno {יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנוֹ | yišmāʿēl bə-nô}, kol-ye-lidei beito {כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ | kol-yəlīḏē bê-ṯō}, kol-miqnat kaspo {כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפּוֹ | kol-miqnaṯ kas-pō}.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin–mem–ayin
“to hear, to listen”
In context — Genesis 17:23
That same day Abraham took Ishmael his son, along with everyone born in his house and everyone bought with his silver —every male in Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, just as God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל (etyishmael) 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.17.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W3.S1) and character.