Genesis 11:12:7Gen.11.12.W7PAT
אֶת־שָֽׁלַח׃
etshalakh
“Shelah”
- Transliteration
- et-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- eht-shah-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃaːˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shelah
- French
- Shélah
- Spanish
- Shelah
- Portuguese
- Selá
- German
- Shelach
- Russian
- Шелаха
- Arabic-Simplified
- شالحَ
- Hindi
- शेलह को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 沙拉
- Korean
- 셀라를
- Indonesian
- Shelah
- Bengali
- শেলহকে
- Tagalog
- Selah
- Swahili
- Shela
- Amharic
- ሴላሕን
- Yoruba
- Ṣela
- Igbo
- Shela
- Twi
- Selah
- Ewe
- Sela
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶת + שָֽׁ + לַח׃
↓
et + sha + lakh
↓
etshalakh
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-sha-LAKH
- clause
va-YO-led et-sha-LAKH
- sentence
ve-ar-pakh-SHAD KHAI kha-MESH u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led et-sha-LAKH
In context — Genesis 11:12
and Arpachshad lived five and thirty years fathered Shelah
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 11:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שָֽׁלַח׃ (etshalakh) 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.11.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.12.W7.S1) and character.