Genesis 17:20:1Gen.17.20.W1PAT
וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֘
uleyishmael
“and as for Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- u-le-yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- oo-leh-yihsh-mah-EEL
- IPA
- /uː.lə.jiʃ.maˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and as for Ishmael
- French
- et quant à Ismaël
- Spanish
- y en cuanto a Ismael
- Russian
- и что до Измаила
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأما إسماعيل
- Hindi
- और इस्माएल के विषय में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 至于以实玛利
- Swahili
- na kuhusu Ishmaeli
- Twi
- na Ishmael de
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-yish-ma-EL
- clause
u-le-yish-ma-EL she-ma-TI-kha hi-NE be-ra-khe-TI o-TO ve-hi-fe-RE-ti o-TO ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO bi-me-OD me-OD
- sentence
u-le-yish-ma-EL she-ma-TI-kha hi-NE be-ra-khe-TI o-TO ve-hi-fe-RE-ti o-TO ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO bi-me-OD me-OD she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL
In context — Genesis 17:20
and as for Ishmael I have heard you behold I have blessed him and I will make fruitful him and I will multiply him greatly very he will father twelve princes and I will make him into a nation great
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 17:20, so the Hebrew word וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֘ (uleyishmael) 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.17.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.20.W1.S1) and character.