Genesis 17:9:3Gen.17.9.W3PAT
אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם
elaveraham
“to Abraham”
- Transliteration
- el-a-ve-ra-HAM
- Extended
- ehl-ah-veh-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔav.raˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abraham
- French
- à Abraham
- Spanish
- a Abraham
- Portuguese
- a Abraão
- German
- zu Abraham
- Russian
- Аврааму
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ
- Hindi
- इब्राहीम से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对亚伯拉罕
- Korean
- 아브라함에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Abraham
- Bengali
- ইব্রাহিমকে
- Tagalog
- kay Abraham
- Swahili
- Ibrahimu
- Amharic
- ለአብርሃም
- Yoruba
- Abraham
- Igbo
- Abraham
- Twi
- Abraham
- Ewe
- Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-ve-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI ti-she-MOR
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM ve-a-TA et-be-ri-TI ti-she-MOR a-TA ve-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM
In context — Genesis 17:9
God said to Abraham as for you you shall keep my covenant and your offspring after you throughout their generations
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם (elaveraham) 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.17.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.9.W3.S1) and character.