Genesis 17:5:6Gen.17.5.W6TAB
שִׁמְךָ֙
shimkha
“your name”
- Transliteration
- shim-KHA
- Extended
- shihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃim.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
shim-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA shim-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha
- sentence
ve-lo-yik-ka-RE OD et-shim-KHA av-RAM ve-ha-YA shim-KHA av-ra-HAM KI av-ha-MON go-YIM ne-tat-TI-kha
Exegesis
The clause ve-hayah {וְהָיָ֤ה | wə-hāyāh} ‘and it shall be’ introduces the new status with a balanced repetition of shimkha {שִׁמְךָ֙ | šim-ḵā} ‘your name.’
In context — Genesis 17:5
Your name will no longer be Abram; instead, your name will be Abraham, because I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:5, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְךָ֙ (shimkha) 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.17.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.5.W6.S1) and character.