Genesis 11:9:3Gen.11.9.W3PAT
שְׁמָהּ֙
shemah
“its name”
- Transliteration
- she-MAH
- Extended
- sheh-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- its name
- French
- son nom
- Spanish
- su nombre
- Portuguese
- seu nome
- German
- ihr Name
- Russian
- её имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمها
- Hindi
- उसका नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 它的名字
- Korean
- 그 이름
- Indonesian
- namanya
- Bengali
- তার নাম
- Tagalog
- ang pangalan niya
- Swahili
- jina lake
- Amharic
- ስሟ
- Yoruba
- oruko re
- Igbo
- aha ya
- Twi
- ne din
- Ewe
- eƒe ŋkɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
she-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA she-MAH
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz
- sentence
al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz u-mi-SHAM he-fi-TSAM Ye-ho-VAH al-pe-NEI kol-ha-A-retz
In context — Genesis 11:9
therefore its name was called Babel because there LORD confused language of all the earth and from there LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 11:9, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָהּ֙ (shemah) 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.11.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.9.W3.S1) and character.