Genesis 15:12:8Gen.15.12.W8PAT

אֵימָ֛ה

eima

terror

Transliteration
ei-MA
Extended
ee-MAA
IPA
/ʔeː.ˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
terror
French
frayeur
Spanish
terror
Portuguese
terror
German
Schrecken
Russian
ужас
Arabic-Simplified
رُعْبٌ
Hindi
भय
Chinese-Simplified
惊惧
Korean
두려움
Indonesian
kengerian
Bengali
ভয়
Tagalog
hilakbot
Swahili
hofu
Amharic
ፍርሃት
Yoruba
ẹ̀rù
Igbo
egwu
Twi
hu
Ewe
vɔvɔ̃

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Result
אֵי + מָ֛ה
ei + ma
eima

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei-MA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hin-NE ei-MA

  3. clause

    ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV

  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 15:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word אֵימָ֛ה (eima) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W8.S1) and character.