Genesis 11:15:1Gen.11.15.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁ֗לַח
vayekhishelakh
“Shelah lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khi-SHE-lakh
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khee-SHEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /vajəħiː.ˈʃɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shelah lived
- French
- Shélah vécut
- Spanish
- Selaj vivió
- Portuguese
- Selá viveu
- German
- Schelach lebte
- Russian
- Шелах жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَعَاشَ شَالَحُ
- Hindi
- शेलह जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示拉活着
- Korean
- 셀라가 살았다
- Indonesian
- Selah hidup
- Bengali
- শেলহ বেঁচে ছিলেন
- Tagalog
- at nabuhay si Selah
- Swahili
- Shela aliishi
- Amharic
- ሴላ ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Ṣela wà láàyè
- Igbo
- Sela dịrị ndụ
- Twi
- Sela tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Sela nɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ye-khi-SHE-lakh
- clause
va-ye-khi-SHE-lakh a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-E-ver sha-LOSH sha-NIM ve-ar-BA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-khi-SHE-lakh a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-E-ver sha-LOSH sha-NIM ve-ar-BA me-OT sha-NA va-YO-led ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 11:15
after having fathered Eber Shelah lived three years and four hundred year he fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:15, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁ֗לַח (vayekhishelakh) 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.11.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.15.W1.S1) and character.