Genesis 17:15:11Gen.17.15.W11PAT
שְׁמָֽהּ׃
shemah
“her name”
- Transliteration
- she-MAH
- Extended
- she-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her name
- French
- son nom
- Spanish
- su nombre
- Russian
- её имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمها
- Hindi
- उसका नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她的名字
- Swahili
- jina lake
- Twi
- ne din
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
she-MAH
- clause
KI sa-RA she-MAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM sa-RAI i-she-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI KI sa-RA she-MAH
In context — Genesis 17:15
God and he said to Abraham Sarai your wife you shall not call her name Sarai for Sarah her name
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָֽהּ׃ (shemah) 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.17.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W11.S1) and character.