Exodus 1:15:9Exod.1.15.W9PAT
שִׁפְרָ֔ה
shifra
“Shiphrah”
- Transliteration
- shif-RA
- Extended
- shif-RAA
- IPA
- /ʃifˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shiphrah
- French
- Shiphra
- Spanish
- Sifrá
- Portuguese
- Sifrá
- German
- Schifra
- Russian
- Шифра
- Arabic-Simplified
- شِفْرَة
- Hindi
- शिफ्रा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 施弗拉
- Korean
- 십라
- Indonesian
- Sifra
- Bengali
- শিফ্রা
- Tagalog
- Sifra
- Swahili
- Shifra
- Amharic
- ሺፍራ
- Yoruba
- Ṣifira
- Igbo
- Shifra
- Twi
- Shifra
- Ewe
- Shifra
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
shif-RA
- clause
a-SHER SHEM ha-a-KHAT shif-RA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT pu-AH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh mits-RA-yim la-me-yal-le-DOT ha-iv-ri-YOT a-SHER SHEM ha-a-KHAT shif-RA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT pu-AH
In context — Exodus 1:15
and said king of Egypt to the midwives the Hebrew women whose name the one Shiphrah and name the second Puah
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 1:15, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְרָ֔ה (shifra) 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 Exod.1.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.15.W9.S1) and character.