Genesis 15:17:8Gen.15.17.W8PAT

עָשָׁן֙

ashan

smoke

Transliteration
a-SHAN
Extended
ah-SHAAN
IPA
/ʕaː.ˈʃaːn/

Meaning by language

English
smoke
French
fumée
Spanish
humo
Portuguese
fumaça
German
Rauch
Russian
дыма
Arabic-Simplified
دخان
Hindi
धुएँ की
Chinese-Simplified
烟的
Korean
연기의
Indonesian
asap
Bengali
ধোঁয়ার
Tagalog
usok
Swahili
moshi
Amharic
የጢስ
Yoruba
èéfín
Igbo
anwụrụ
Twi
wusiw
Ewe
atsi

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Result
עָ + שָׁן֙
a + shan
ashan

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN

  3. clause

    ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 15:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word עָשָׁן֙ (ashan) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W8.S1) and character.