Genesis 17:15:4Gen.17.15.W4PAT
שָׂרַ֣י
sarai
“Sarai”
- Transliteration
- sa-RAI
- Extended
- saa-RAI
- IPA
- /saː.ˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sarai
- French
- Saraï
- Spanish
- Sarai
- Russian
- Сарай
- Arabic-Simplified
- ساراي
- Hindi
- सरै
- Chinese-Simplified
- 撒莱
- Swahili
- Sarai
- Twi
- Sarai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RAI
- phraseyour reading level
sa-RAI i-she-te-KHA
- 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 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word שָׂרַ֣י (sarai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W4.S1) and character.