Genesis 19:23:1Gen.19.23.W1TAB
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ
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
- clause
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets ve-LOT BA tso-a-RA
Exegesis
The first clause, hashemesh yatsa al-haarets {הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יָצָא עַל־הָאָרֶץ | haš-šemeš yā-ṣāʾ ʿal hā-ʾā-reṣ}, sets the temporal scene with a definite subject, a perfect verb indicating completed action, and a location phrase.
Root and etymology
shin–mem–shinshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the land when Lot came into Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:23, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (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.19.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.23.W1.S1) and character.