Genesis 18:6:4Gen.18.6.W4TAB
אֶל־שָׂרָ֑ה
elsara
“to Sarah”
- Transliteration
- el-sa-RA
- Extended
- el-sah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.sa.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Sarah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-sa-RA
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER av-ra-HAM ha-O-he-la el-sa-RA
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER av-ra-HAM ha-O-he-la el-sa-RA va-YO-mer ma-ha-RI she-LOSH se-IM KE-makh SO-let LU-shi va-a-SI u-GOT
In context — Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hurried to the tent to Sarah, and he said, “Hurry , take three seahs of fine flour , knead it, and make cakes.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׂרָ֑ה (elsara) 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.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.6.W4.S1) and character.