Genesis 16:11:11Gen.16.11.W11PAT
יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל
yishemael
“Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- yi-she-ma-EL
- Extended
- yih-sheh-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /jiʃ.maː.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ishmael
- French
- Ismaël
- Spanish
- Ismael
- Portuguese
- Ismael
- German
- Ismael
- Russian
- Измаил
- Arabic-Simplified
- إسماعيل
- Hindi
- इस्माएल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以实玛利
- Korean
- 이스마엘
- Indonesian
- Ismael
- Bengali
- ইশ্মায়েল
- Tagalog
- Ismael
- Swahili
- Ishmaeli
- Amharic
- ይስማኤል
- Yoruba
- Iṣimaeli
- Igbo
- Ishmael
- Twi
- Ismael
- Ewe
- Ishmael
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yi-she-ma-EL
- clause
ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
In context — Genesis 16:11
the messenger of LORD said to her behold, you are pregnant you will bear a son you shall call his name Ishmael because has heard LORD your affliction
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 16:11, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל (yishemael) 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.16.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.11.W11.S1) and character.