Genesis 11:9:5Gen.11.9.W5PAT
כִּי־שָׁ֛ם
kisham
“because there”
- Transliteration
- ki-SHAM
- Extended
- kee-SHAAM
- IPA
- /kiː.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because there
- French
- car là
- Spanish
- porque allí
- Portuguese
- porque ali
- German
- denn dort
- Russian
- ибо там
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأن هناك
- Hindi
- क्योंकि वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为在那里
- Korean
- 이는 거기에서
- Indonesian
- karena di sana
- Bengali
- কারণ সেখানে
- Tagalog
- sapagkat doon
- Swahili
- kwa sababu huko
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም በዚያ
- Yoruba
- nitori nibẹ
- Igbo
- n'ihi na n'ebe ahụ
- Twi
- efisɛ hɔ
- Ewe
- elabena afi ma
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-SHAM
- 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 11:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 11:9, so the Hebrew word כִּי־שָׁ֛ם (kisham) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.9.W5.S1) and character.