Genesis 10:1:4Gen.10.1.W4PAT
שֵׁ֖ם
shem
“Shem”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shem
- French
- Sem
- Spanish
- Sem
- Portuguese
- Sem
- German
- Sem
- Russian
- Сим
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَام
- Hindi
- शेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 闪
- Korean
- 셈
- Indonesian
- Sem
- Bengali
- শেম
- Tagalog
- Sem
- Swahili
- Shemu
- Amharic
- ሴም
- Yoruba
- Ṣemu
- Igbo
- Shem
- Twi
- Sem
- Ewe
- Sem
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHEM
- clause
ve-EL-leh TOH-leh-DOT beh-nei-NO-akh SHEM KHAM va-YA-fet
- sentence
ve-EL-leh TOH-leh-DOT beh-nei-NO-akh SHEM KHAM va-YA-fet va-yiv-vaa-leh-DOO la-HEM bah-NIM a-KHAR ham-ma-BOOL
In context — Genesis 10:1
and these are the lineages of the sons of Noah Shem Ham and Japheth sons were born to them after the flood
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 10:1, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֖ם (shem) 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.10.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.1.W4.S1) and character.