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
- 해
- Indonesian
- matahari
- Bengali
- সূর্য
- Tagalog
- ang araw
- Swahili
- jua
- Amharic
- ፀሐይ
- Yoruba
- òrùn
- Igbo
- anwụ
- Twi
- owia no
- Ewe
- ɣe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.