Genesis 17:15:5Gen.17.15.W5PAT

אִשְׁתְּךָ֔

ishetekha

your wife

Transliteration
i-she-te-KHA
Extended
ih-sheh-teh-KHAA
IPA
/ʔi.ʃə.tə.ˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English
your wife
French
ta femme
Spanish
tu esposa
Russian
твоя жена
Arabic-Simplified
امرأتك
Hindi
तेरी पत्नी
Chinese-Simplified
你的妻子
Swahili
mke wako
Twi
wo yere

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Result
אִ + שְׁ + תְּ + ךָ֔
i + she + te + kha
ishetekha

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-she-te-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sa-RAI i-she-te-KHA

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 17:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתְּךָ֔ (ishetekha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W5.S1) and character.