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

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Result
בְּ + צַלְ + מֵ֖ + נוּ
be + tsal + me + nu
betsalmenu

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-tsal-ME-nu

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM na-a-SE a-DAM be-tsal-ME-nu kid-mu-TE-nu

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.