Genesis 16:1:2Gen.16.1.W2PAT
אֵ֣שֶׁת
eshet
“wife of”
- Transliteration
- E-shet
- Extended
- EH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of
- French
- épouse de
- Spanish
- esposa de
- Portuguese
- esposa de
- German
- Frau
- Russian
- жена
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة
- Hindi
- पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 妻子
- Korean
- 아내
- Indonesian
- istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রী
- Tagalog
- asawa ni
- Swahili
- mke wa
- Amharic
- ሚስት
- Yoruba
- aya ti
- Igbo
- nwunye nke
- Twi
- yere
- Ewe
- srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet av-RAM
- clause
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO
- sentence
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR
In context — Genesis 16:1
and Sarai wife of Abram had not borne to him and she had a female servant Egyptian and her name was Hagar
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 16:1, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣שֶׁת (eshet) 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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.1.W2.S1) and character.