Genesis 12:4:2Gen.12.4.W2PAT

אַבְרָ֗ם

avram

Abram

Transliteration
av-RAM
Extended
ahv-RAAM
IPA
/ʔav.ˈraːm/

Meaning by language

English
Abram
French
Abram
Spanish
Abram
Portuguese
Abrão
German
Abram
Russian
Аврам
Arabic-Simplified
أبرام
Hindi
अब्राम
Chinese-Simplified
亚伯兰
Korean
아브람이
Indonesian
Abram
Bengali
অব্রাম
Tagalog
si Abram
Swahili
Abramu
Amharic
አብራም
Yoruba
Abramu
Igbo
Abram
Twi
Abram
Ewe
Abram

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַבְ + רָ֗ם
av + ram
avram

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    av-RAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-lekh av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-YE-lekh av-RAM ka-a-SHER di-BER e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-lekh it-TO LOT

  4. sentence

    va-YE-lekh av-RAM ka-a-SHER di-BER e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-lekh it-TO LOT ve-av-RAM ben-kha-MESH sha-NIM ve-shiv-IM sha-NA be-tse-TO me-kha-RAN

In contextGenesis 12:4

Abram went as LORD spoke to him Lot went with him and Abram son of five years and seventy year at his departure from Haran

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 12:4, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָ֗ם (avram) 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.12.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.4.W2.S1) and character.