Genesis 16:3:11Gen.16.3.W11PAT

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
Аврама
Arabic-Simplified
أبرام
Hindi
अब्राम के
Chinese-Simplified
亚伯兰
Korean
아브람이
Indonesian
Abram
Bengali
অব্রামের
Tagalog
ni Abram
Swahili
Abramu
Amharic
የአብራም
Yoruba
Abramu
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

    le-SHE-vet av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-ti-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mi-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  4. sentence

    va-ti-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mi-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ti-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHAH

In contextGenesis 16:3

after ten years of dwelling Abram in the land of Canaan Sarai wife of Abram took Hagar the Egyptian woman her maidservant gave her to Abram her husband to him as a wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 16:3, 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.16.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W11.S1) and character.