Genesis 10:21:1Gen.10.21.W1PAT
וּלְשֵׁ֥ם
uleshem
“and to Shem”
- Transliteration
- u-le-SHEM
- Extended
- oo-leh-SHEHM
- IPA
- /uː.ləˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Shem
- French
- et à Sem
- Spanish
- y a Sem
- Portuguese
- e a Sem
- German
- und zu Sem
- Russian
- и к Симу
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلِسَامِ
- Hindi
- और शेम को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并向闪
- Korean
- 그리고 셈에게
- Indonesian
- dan kepada Sem
- Bengali
- আর শেমকে
- Tagalog
- at kay Sem
- Swahili
- na kwa Shemu
- Amharic
- እና ለሴም
- Yoruba
- àti sí Ṣemu
- Igbo
- na nye Shem
- Twi
- na kɔma Sem
- Ewe
- eye na Sem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וּ + לְ + שֵׁ֥ם
↓
u + le + shem
↓
uleshem
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD
- clause
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU
- sentence
u-le-SHEM yu-LAD gam-HU a-VI kol-beh-nei-E-ver a-KHI YE-fet ha-ga-DOL
In context — Genesis 10:21
he also were born and to Shem father of all the sons of Eber the elder brother of Japheth
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 10:21, so the Hebrew word וּלְשֵׁ֥ם (uleshem) 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.10.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.21.W1.S1) and character.