Genesis 16:2:14Gen.16.2.W14PAT

אַבְרָ֖ם

avram

Abram

Transliteration
av-RAM
Extended
ahv-RAAM
IPA
/ʔav.ˈraːm/

Meaning by language

English
Abram
French
Abram
Spanish
Abram
Portuguese
Abrão
German
Abram
Russian
Аврам
Arabic-Simplified
أبرام
Hindi
अब्राम ने
Chinese-Simplified
亚伯兰
Korean
아브람은
Indonesian
Abram
Bengali
অব্রাম
Tagalog
si Abram
Swahili
Abramu
Amharic
አብራም
Yoruba
Abram
Igbo
Abram
Twi
Abram
Ewe
Abram

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Result
אַבְ + רָ֖ם
av + ram
avram

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    av-RAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-MA av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI

  4. sentence

    va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI

In contextGenesis 16:2

Sarai said to Abram look now LORD has restrained me from childbearing go in please to my maidservant perhaps I will be built up through her Abram listened to the voice of Sarai

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָ֖ם (avram) 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.16.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W14.S1) and character.