Exodus 6:16:5Exod.6.16.W5PAT
גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן
gershon
“Gershon”
- Transliteration
- ger-SHON
- Extended
- gehr-SHOHN
- IPA
- /geːr.ˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gershon
- French
- Guershon
- Spanish
- Gersón
- Portuguese
- Gerson
- German
- Gerschon
- Russian
- Гирсон
- Arabic-Simplified
- جرشون
- Hindi
- गेरशोन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 革顺
- Korean
- 게르손
- Indonesian
- Gershon
- Bengali
- গের্শোন
- Tagalog
- Gerson
- Swahili
- Gershoni
- Amharic
- ጌርሾን
- Yoruba
- Gershon
- Igbo
- Gershon
- Twi
- Gershon
- Ewe
- Gershon
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ger-SHON
- clause
ve-E-le she-MOT be-nei-le-VI le-tol-do-TAM ger-SHON u-ke-HAT u-me-ra-RI
- sentence
ve-E-le she-MOT be-nei-le-VI le-tol-do-TAM ger-SHON u-ke-HAT u-me-ra-RI u-she-NEI khai-YEI le-VI SHE-va u-she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA
In context — Exodus 6:16
and these the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations Gershon and Kohath and Merari and the years of the life of Levi seven and thirty and one hundred years
About this coordinate
Exodus 6:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 6:16, so the Hebrew word גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן (gershon) 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.6.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.16.W5.S1) and character.