Genesis 25:6:8Gen.25.6.W8TAB

וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם

vayeshallekhem

{And} he sent them away

Transliteration
va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
Extended
vah-yeh-shahl-leh-KHEHM
IPA
/waj.ʃal.lə.ˈħeːm/

Meaning by language

English
{And} he sent them away

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יְ + שַׁל + לְּ + חֵ֞ם
va + ye + shal + le + khem
vayeshallekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-shal-le-KHEM

  2. clause

    va-ye-shal-le-KHEM me-AL yits-KHAK be-NO be-o-DE-nu KHAI KED-ma el-E-rets KE-dem

  3. sentence

    ve-liv-NEI ha-pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER le-av-ra-HAM na-TAN av-ra-HAM mat-ta-NOT va-ye-shal-le-KHEM me-AL yits-KHAK be-NO be-o-DE-nu KHAI KED-ma el-E-rets KE-dem

Exegesis

The narrative then moves by way of vav-consecutive to va-yeshalkhem {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם | way-šal-lə-ḥêm} ‘and he sent them away’, with the pronominal suffix picking up the sons.

In contextGenesis 25:6

But to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts . Then he sent them away from his son Isaac while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 25:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם (vayeshallekhem) 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.25.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.6.W8.S1) and character.