Genesis 10:22:2Gen.10.22.W2PAT

שֵׁ֖ם

shem

Shem

Transliteration
SHEM
Extended
SHEHM
IPA
/ˈʃeːm/

Meaning by language

English
Shem
French
Sem
Spanish
Sem
Portuguese
Sem
German
Sem
Russian
Шема
Arabic-Simplified
سام
Hindi
शेम के
Chinese-Simplified
闪的
Korean
셈의
Indonesian
Sem
Bengali
শেমের
Tagalog
Sem
Swahili
Shemu
Amharic
የሴም
Yoruba
Ṣemu
Igbo
Shem
Twi
Sem
Ewe
Sem

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI SHEM

  3. clause

    be-NEI SHEM ei-LAM ve-a-SHUR

  4. sentence

    be-NEI SHEM ei-LAM ve-a-SHUR ve-ar-pakh-SHAD ve-LUD va-a-RAM

In contextGenesis 10:22

sons of Shem Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram

About this coordinate

Genesis 10:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 10:22, 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.10.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.22.W2.S1) and character.