Genesis 11:14:1Gen.11.14.W1PAT
וְשֶׁ֥לַח
veshelakh
“and Shelah”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHE-lakh
- Extended
- veh-SHEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /vəˈʃɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Shelah
- French
- et Shélah
- Spanish
- y Shelaj
- Portuguese
- e Selá
- German
- und Schelach
- Russian
- и Шелах
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَشَالَح
- Hindi
- और शेलह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而示拉
- Korean
- 그리고 셀라가
- Indonesian
- dan Selah
- Bengali
- আর শেলাহ
- Tagalog
- at Selah
- Swahili
- na Shela
- Amharic
- እና ሴላህ
- Yoruba
- ati Ṣela
- Igbo
- na Sela
- Twi
- na Sela
- Ewe
- kple Sela
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + שֶׁ֥ + לַח
↓
ve + she + lakh
↓
veshelakh
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHE-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHE-lakh KHAI
- clause
ve-SHE-lakh KHAI she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
ve-SHE-lakh KHAI she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-E-ver
In context — Genesis 11:14
and Shelah lived thirty years he fathered Eber
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:14, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁ֥לַח (veshelakh) 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.11.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.14.W1.S1) and character.