Genesis 15:17:2Gen.15.17.W2PAT
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙
hashshemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- hash-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hash-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃɛ.mɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
- French
- le soleil
- Spanish
- el sol
- Portuguese
- o sol
- German
- die Sonne
- Russian
- солнце
- Arabic-Simplified
- الشمس
- Hindi
- सूरज
- Chinese-Simplified
- 太阳
- Korean
- 해
- Indonesian
- matahari
- Bengali
- সূর্য
- Tagalog
- ang araw
- Swahili
- jua
- Amharic
- ፀሐይ
- Yoruba
- oorun
- Igbo
- anyanwụ
- Twi
- owiamma 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
hash-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 15:17
the sun and it happened had set and thick darkness was and behold smoke a furnace of fire and a torch of that passed between pieces these
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (hashshemesh) 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.15.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W2.S1) and character.