Genesis 17:18:2Gen.17.18.W2PAT
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
averaham
“Abraham”
- Transliteration
- a-ve-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ah-veh-raa-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abraham
- French
- Abraham
- Spanish
- Abraham
- Russian
- Авраам
- Arabic-Simplified
- إبراهيم
- Hindi
- अब्राहम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚伯拉罕
- Swahili
- Ibrahimu
- Twi
- Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַ + בְ + רָ + הָ֖ם
↓
a + ve + ra + ham
↓
averaham
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ve-ra-HAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM LU yi-she-ma-EL yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 17:18
Abraham and said to the God if only Ishmael might live before you
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָ֖ם (averaham) 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.17.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W2.S1) and character.