Genesis 16:2:9Gen.16.2.W9PAT
אֶל־שִׁפְחָתִ֔י
elshifkhati
“to my maidservant”
- Transliteration
- el-shif-KHA-ti
- Extended
- ehl-shihf-KHAA-tee
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃif.ˈħaː.θiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my maidservant
- French
- à ma servante
- Spanish
- a mi sierva
- Portuguese
- à minha serva
- German
- zu meiner Magd
- Russian
- к моей служанке
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى جاريتي
- Hindi
- मेरी दासी के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到我的使女那里
- Korean
- 내 여종에게
- Indonesian
- kepada budak perempuanku
- Bengali
- আমার দাসীর কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa alipin kong babae
- Swahili
- kwa mjakazi wangu
- Amharic
- ወደ ባሪያዬ
- Yoruba
- si ọmọ-ọdọbìnrin mi
- Igbo
- n'ebe odibo m nwanyị nọ
- Twi
- me afenaa nkyɛn
- Ewe
- si nyevi si nye
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-shif-KHA-ti
- 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 16:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שִׁפְחָתִ֔י (elshifkhati) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W9.S1) and character.