Genesis 14:1:4Gen.14.1.W4PAT
מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָ֔ר
melekhshinar
“king of Shinar”
- Transliteration
- me-lekh-shin-AR
- Extended
- meh-lehkh-shin-AAR
- IPA
- /mɛ.lɛx.ʃinˈʕaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Shinar
- French
- roi de Schinear
- Spanish
- rey de Sinar
- Portuguese
- rei de Sinear
- German
- König von Schinar
- Russian
- царя Шинара
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَلِك شِنْعَار
- Hindi
- शिनआर का राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示拿王
- Korean
- 시날 왕
- Indonesian
- raja Sinear
- Bengali
- শিনআরের রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari ng Sinar
- Swahili
- mfalme wa Shinari
- Amharic
- የሺንዓር ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba Ṣinaari
- Igbo
- eze Shina
- Twi
- Sinar hene
- Ewe
- Shinara fia
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
me-lekh-shin-AR
- phraseyour reading level
am-ra-FEL me-lekh-shin-AR
- clause
va-ye-HI bi-MEI am-ra-FEL me-lekh-shin-AR ar-YOKH ME-lekh el-la-SAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bi-MEI am-ra-FEL me-lekh-shin-AR ar-YOKH ME-lekh el-la-SAR ke-dor-la-O-mer ME-lekh ei-LAM ve-tid-AL ME-lekh go-YIM
In context — Genesis 14:1
in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar Arioch king of Ellasar Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim it happened
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:1, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָ֔ר (melekhshinar) 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.14.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.1.W4.S1) and character.