Genesis 17:20:12Gen.17.20.W12PAT
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר
sheneiasar
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- she-nei-a-SAR
- Extended
- sheh-nee-ah-SAAR
- IPA
- /ʃə.neːm.ʕaˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
- French
- douze
- Spanish
- doce
- Russian
- двенадцать
- Arabic-Simplified
- اثنا عشر
- Hindi
- बारह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 十二
- Swahili
- kumi na wawili
- Twi
- dumienu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-nei-a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM
- clause
she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL
- 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 17:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 17:20, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר (sheneiasar) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.20.W12.S1) and character.