Genesis 17:15:7Gen.17.15.W7PAT
אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ
etshemah
“her name”
- Transliteration
- et-she-MAH
- Extended
- eht-she-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.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
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-she-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH
- 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 17:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ (etshemah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W7.S1) and character.