Genesis 13:12:1Gen.13.12.W1PAT

אַבְרָ֖ם

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
아브람
Indonesian
Abram
Bengali
আব্রাম
Tagalog
Abram
Swahili
Abramu
Amharic
አብራም
Yoruba
Abramu
Igbo
Abram
Twi
Abram
Ewe
Abram

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Result
אַבְ + רָ֖ם
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    av-RAM

  2. clause

    av-RAM ya-SHAV be-E-rets-ke-na-AN

  3. sentence

    av-RAM ya-SHAV be-E-rets-ke-na-AN ve-LOT ya-SHAV be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR va-ye-e-HAL ad-se-DOM

In contextGenesis 13:12

Abram settled in the land of Canaan and Lot settled in the cities of the plain he pitched his tent as far as Sodom

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 13:12, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָ֖ם (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.13.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.12.W1.S1) and character.