Genesis 17:15:3Gen.17.15.W3PAT
אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם
elaveraham
“to Abraham”
- Transliteration
- el-a-ve-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ehl-ah-veh-raa-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔa.və.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abraham
- French
- à Abraham
- Spanish
- a Abraham
- Russian
- к Аврааму
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى إبراهيم
- Hindi
- अब्राहम से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对亚伯拉罕
- Swahili
- kwa Abrahamu
- Twi
- maa Abraham
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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-a-ve-ra-HAM
- clause
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
- 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 17:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם (elaveraham) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W3.S1) and character.