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

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Result
אֵ֣ + שֶׁת
e + shet
eshet

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-shet

  2. phraseyour reading level

    E-shet av-RAM

  3. clause

    ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.