Exodus 2:22:5Exod.2.22.W5PAT
גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם
gershom
“Gershom”
- Transliteration
- ger-SHOM
- Extended
- gehr-SHOHM
- IPA
- /geːr.ˈʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gershom
- French
- Gershom
- Spanish
- Gersón
- Portuguese
- Gersom
- German
- Gerschom
- Russian
- Гершом
- Arabic-Simplified
- جِرْشُوم
- Hindi
- गेरशोम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 革舜
- Korean
- 게르솜
- Indonesian
- Gersom
- Bengali
- গেরশোম
- Tagalog
- Gersom
- Swahili
- Gershomu
- Amharic
- ጌርሾም
- Yoruba
- Gershom
- Igbo
- Gershom
- Twi
- Gersom
- Ewe
- Gershom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ger-SHOM
- clause
va-TE-led BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ger-SHOM
- sentence
va-TE-led BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets nokh-ri-YA
In context — Exodus 2:22
and she bore a son and he called his name Gershom for he said a sojourner I have been in a land foreign
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 2:22, so the Hebrew word גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם (gershom) 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.2.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.22.W5.S1) and character.