Genesis 16:2:3Gen.16.2.W3PAT
אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם
elavram
“to Abram”
- Transliteration
- el-av-RAM
- Extended
- ehl-ahv-RAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔav.ˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abram
- French
- à Abram
- Spanish
- a Abram
- Portuguese
- a Abrão
- German
- zu Abram
- Russian
- Авраму
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأبرام
- Hindi
- अब्राम से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对亚伯兰
- Korean
- 아브람에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Abram
- Bengali
- অব্রামের কাছে
- Tagalog
- kay Abram
- Swahili
- kwa Abramu
- Amharic
- ለአብራም
- Yoruba
- si Abram
- Igbo
- nye Abram
- Twi
- ma Abram
- Ewe
- na Abram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-av-RAM
- clause
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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 16:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם (elavram) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W3.S1) and character.