Genesis 11:13:5Gen.11.13.W5PAT
אֶת־שֶׁ֔לַח
etshelakh
“Shelah”
- Transliteration
- et-SHE-lakh
- Extended
- EET-SHEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ˈʃɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shelah
- French
- Shélah
- Spanish
- Sélah
- Portuguese
- Selá
- German
- Shelach
- Russian
- Шелаха
- Arabic-Simplified
- شَالَح
- Hindi
- शेलह को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 沙拉
- Korean
- 셀라를
- Indonesian
- Selah
- Bengali
- শেলহকে
- Tagalog
- si Selah
- Swahili
- Shela
- Amharic
- ሼላን
- Yoruba
- Ṣela
- Igbo
- Shela
- Twi
- Sela
- Ewe
- Shela
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-SHE-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
ho-li-DO et-SHE-lakh
- clause
va-ye-KHI ar-pakh-SHAD a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-SHE-lakh sha-LOSH sha-NIM ve-ar-BA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI ar-pakh-SHAD a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-SHE-lakh sha-LOSH sha-NIM ve-ar-BA me-OT sha-NA va-YO-led ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 11:13
after begetting Shelah Arpachshad lived and four hundred three years year he begot sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 11:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֶׁ֔לַח (etshelakh) 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.11.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.13.W5.S1) and character.