Genesis 17:23:3Gen.17.23.W3PAT
אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל
etyishemael
“Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- ET-yi-she-ma-EL
- Extended
- EET-yih-sheh-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.jiʃ.ma.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ishmael
- French
- Ismaël
- Spanish
- Ismael
- Russian
- Измаила
- Arabic-Simplified
- إسماعيل
- Hindi
- इश्माएल को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以实玛利
- Swahili
- Ishmaeli
- Twi
- Ismael
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-yi-she-ma-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-ve-ra-HAM ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mi-ke-NAT ka-se-PO kol-za-KHAR be-a-ne-SHEI BEIT a-ve-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ve-ra-HAM ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mi-ke-NAT ka-se-PO kol-za-KHAR be-a-ne-SHEI BEIT a-ve-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
In context — Genesis 17:23
in the very the day this Abraham and took Ishmael his son and all those born of his house and all acquisition of his silver every male among the men of the house of Abraham and he circumcised flesh of their foreskin just as God he spoke with him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל (etyishemael) 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.17.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W3.S1) and character.