Genesis 36:13:6Gen.36.13.W6TAB
שַׁמָּ֣ה
shamah
“Shammah”
- Transliteration
- sha-MAH
- Extended
- shah-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃam.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shammah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-MAH u-miz-ZAH
- clause
ve-EL-leh be-NEI re-u-EL NA-khat va-ZE-rakh sha-MAH u-miz-ZAH
- sentence
ve-EL-leh be-NEI re-u-EL NA-khat va-ZE-rakh sha-MAH u-miz-ZAH EL-leh ha-YU be-NEI bas-MAT E-shet e-SAV
In context — Genesis 36:13
And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these were the sons of Basemath , wife of Esau.
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 36:13, so the Hebrew word שַׁמָּ֣ה (shamah) 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.36.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.13.W6.S1) and character.