Genesis 15:12:2Gen.15.12.W2PAT

הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙

hashemesh

the sun

Transliteration
ha-SHE-mesh
Extended
hah-SHEH-mehsh
IPA
/ha.ˈʃɛ.mɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the sun
French
le soleil
Spanish
el sol
Portuguese
o sol
German
die Sonne
Russian
солнце
Arabic-Simplified
الشَّمْسُ
Hindi
सूर्य
Chinese-Simplified
太阳
Korean
Indonesian
matahari
Bengali
সূর্য
Tagalog
ang araw
Swahili
jua
Amharic
ፀሐይ
Yoruba
òrùn
Igbo
anwụ
Twi
owia no
Ewe
ɣe

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Result
הַ + שֶּׁ֙ + מֶשׁ֙
ha + she + mesh
hashemesh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-SHE-mesh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV

In contextGenesis 15:12

the sun it happened to set upon Abram fell and a deep sleep and behold terror great darkness falling upon him

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (hashemesh) 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.15.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W2.S1) and character.