Genesis 17:18:5Gen.17.18.W5PAT
יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל
yishemael
“Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- yi-she-ma-EL
- Extended
- yih-sheh-maa-EEL
- IPA
- /jiʃ.ma.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ishmael
- French
- Ismaël
- Spanish
- Ismael
- Russian
- Измаил
- Arabic-Simplified
- إسماعيل
- Hindi
- इश्माएल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以实玛利
- Swahili
- Ishmaeli
- Twi
- Ismael
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יִ + שְׁ + מָ + עֵ֖אל
↓
yi + she + ma + el
↓
yishemael
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-she-ma-EL
- phraseyour reading level
LU yi-she-ma-EL
- clause
LU yi-she-ma-EL yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
- 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 17:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל (yishemael) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W5.S1) and character.