Genesis 1:26:5Gen.1.26.W5PAT
בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ
betsalmenu
“in our image”
- Transliteration
- be-tsal-ME-nu
- Extended
- beh-tsahl-MEH-noo
- IPA
- /bə.tsalˈmeː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in our image
- French
- dans notre image
- Spanish
- en nuestra imagen
- Portuguese
- em nossa imagem
- German
- in unserem Bild
- Russian
- по нашему образу
- Arabic-Simplified
- في صورتنا
- Hindi
- हमारे स्वरूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 照我们的形像
- Korean
- 우리의 형상으로
- Indonesian
- dalam gambar kita
- Bengali
- আমাদের প্রতিরূপে
- Tagalog
- sa ating larawan
- Swahili
- katika sura yetu
- Amharic
- በምስላችን
- Yoruba
- ní àwòrán wa
- Igbo
- n'onyinyo anyị
- Twi
- wɔ yɛn mfonini mu
- Ewe
- le míaƒe nɔnɔme me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-tsal-ME-nu
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM na-a-SE a-DAM be-tsal-ME-nu kid-mu-TE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM na-a-SE a-DAM be-tsal-ME-nu kid-mu-TE-nu ve-yir-DU vid-GAT ha-YAM u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-va-be-he-MA u-ve-khol-ha-A-rets u-ve-khol-ha-RE-mes ha-ro-MES al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:26
God {And He} said let us make humankind in our image according to our likeness {And} let them rule over the fish of the sea and over birds of the skies and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every crawling thing that crawls upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:26, so the Hebrew word בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ (betsalmenu) 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.1.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.26.W5.S1) and character.