Genesis 14:21:2Gen.14.21.W2PAT
מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֖ם
melekhsedom
“king of Sodom”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-se-DOM
- Extended
- MEH-lekh-se-DOHM
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.sə.ˈðoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Sodom
- French
- roi de Sodome
- Spanish
- rey de Sodoma
- Portuguese
- rei de Sodoma
- German
- König von Sodom
- Russian
- царь Содома
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَلِكُ سَدُومَ
- Hindi
- सदोम के राजा ने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 所多玛王
- Korean
- 소돔 왕이
- Indonesian
- raja Sodom
- Bengali
- সদোমের রাজা
- Tagalog
- ang hari ng Sodoma
- Swahili
- mfalme wa Sodoma
- Amharic
- የሰዶም ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba Sodomu
- Igbo
- eze Sọdọm
- Twi
- Sodom hene
- Ewe
- Sodom 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-se-DOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-se-DOM
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-se-DOM el-av-RAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-se-DOM el-av-RAM ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
In context — Genesis 14:21
king of Sodom said to Abram give me the persons take for yourself and the goods
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:21, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֖ם (melekhsedom) 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.14.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.21.W2.S1) and character.