Genesis 12:8:16Gen.12.8.W16PAT
בְּשֵׁ֥ם
beshem
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- be-SHEM
- Extended
- beh-SHEHM
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
- French
- le nom de
- Spanish
- el nombre de
- Portuguese
- o nome de
- German
- den Namen des
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِاسْمِ
- Hindi
- नाम से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 名
- Korean
- 이름을
- Indonesian
- nama
- Bengali
- নাম
- Tagalog
- sa pangalan ng
- Swahili
- jina la
- Amharic
- ስምን
- Yoruba
- orúkọ ti
- Igbo
- aha nke
- Twi
- din
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ na
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 12:8
from there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel he pitched his tent Bethel on the west and Ai on the east he built there an altar to the LORD he called on the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word בְּשֵׁ֥ם (beshem) 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.12.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W16.S1) and character.