Exodus 9:17:5Exod.9.17.W5PAT
שַׁלְּחָֽם׃
shallekham
“let them go”
- Transliteration
- shal-le-KHAM
- Extended
- shahl-leh-KHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃal.lə.ˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- let them go
- French
- les laisser partir
- Spanish
- dejarlos ir
- Portuguese
- deixá-los ir
- German
- sie ziehen zu lassen
- Russian
- отпустить их
- Arabic-Simplified
- تُطْلِقَهُمْ
- Hindi
- उन्हें जाने देना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 放他们走
- Korean
- 그들을 보내다
- Indonesian
- melepaskan mereka
- Bengali
- তাদের যেতে দিতে
- Tagalog
- palayain sila
- Swahili
- kuwaacha waende
- Amharic
- እነርሱን መልቀቅ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́ kí wọn lọ
- Igbo
- hapụ ha ka ha laa
- Twi
- gyaa wɔn kwan
- Ewe
- na wo ayi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
שַׁל + לְּ + חָֽם׃
↓
shal + le + kham
↓
shallekham
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
shal-le-KHAM
- clause
le-vil-TI shal-le-KHAM
- sentence
od-KHA mis-to-LEL be-am-MI le-vil-TI shal-le-KHAM
In context — Exodus 9:17
you are still exalting yourself against my people so as not to let them go
About this coordinate
Exodus 9:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 9:17, so the Hebrew word שַׁלְּחָֽם׃ (shallekham) 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.9.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.9.17.W5.S1) and character.