Genesis 44:13:2Gen.44.13.W2TAB
שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם
simlotam
“their clothes”
- Transliteration
- sim-lo-TAM
- Extended
- sihm-lo-TAAM
- IPA
- /sim.lo.ˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their clothes
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sim-lo-TAM
- clause
va-yik-re-U sim-lo-TAM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U sim-lo-TAM va-ya-a-MOS ISH al-kha-mo-RO va-ya-SHU-vu ha-i-RA
Exegesis
Its object simlotam {שִׂמְלֹתָם | śimlōtām} 'their garments' denotes the customary sign of mourning.
In context — Genesis 44:13
Then they tore their clothes ; each man loaded his donkey, and they made their way back to the city .
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 44:13, so the Hebrew word שִׂמְלֹתָ֑ם (simlotam) 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.44.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.13.W2.S1) and character.