Genesis 12:8:9Gen.12.8.W9PAT
מִיָּם֙
miyam
“on the west”
- Transliteration
- mi-YAM
- Extended
- mih-YAAM
- IPA
- /mij.ˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the west
- French
- à l’ouest
- Spanish
- al occidente
- Portuguese
- a oeste
- German
- im Westen
- Russian
- на западе
- Arabic-Simplified
- مِنَ الْغَرْبِ
- Hindi
- पश्चिम में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在西边
- Korean
- 서쪽에
- Indonesian
- di sebelah barat
- Bengali
- পশ্চিমে
- Tagalog
- sa kanluran
- Swahili
- upande wa magharibi
- Amharic
- በምዕራብ
- Yoruba
- ní ìwọ̀-oòrùn
- Igbo
- n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ
- Twi
- atɔe fam
- Ewe
- le ɣetoɖoƒe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
beit-EL mi-YAM
- 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 12:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word מִיָּם֙ (miyam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W9.S1) and character.