Genesis 17:26:6Gen.17.26.W6PAT
וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל
veyishemael
“and Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- ve-yi-she-ma-EL
- Extended
- veh-yih-sheh-maa-EEL
- IPA
- /və.ji.ʃə.ma.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ishmael
- French
- et Ismaël
- Spanish
- y Ismael
- Russian
- и Измаил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وإسماعيل
- Hindi
- और इश्माएल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和以实玛利
- Swahili
- na Ishmaeli
- Twi
- ne Ismael
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + יִ + שְׁ + מָ + עֵ֖אל
↓
ve + yi + she + ma + el
↓
veyishemael
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | 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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yi-she-ma-EL
- clause
ve-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO
- sentence
be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZE nim-MOL a-ve-ra-HAM ve-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO
In context — Genesis 17:26
Abraham and Ishmael his son was circumcised in the very day this
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:26, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל (veyishemael) 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.17.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.26.W6.S1) and character.