Genesis 18:22:6Gen.18.22.W6PAT
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם
veavraham
“but Abraham”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- veh-av-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /wə.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but Abraham
- French
- mais Abraham
- Spanish
- pero Abraham
- Portuguese
- mas Abraão
- German
- aber Abraham
- Russian
- а Авраам
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ
- Hindi
- परन्तु इब्राहीम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而亚伯拉罕
- Korean
- 그러나 아브라함
- Indonesian
- tetapi Abraham
- Bengali
- কিন্তু অব্রাহাম
- Tagalog
- ngunit si Abraham
- Swahili
- lakini Ibrahimu
- Amharic
- ነገር ግን አብርሃም
- Yoruba
- ṣùgbọ́n Abramu
- Igbo
- ma Ebreham
- Twi
- nanso Abraham
- Ewe
- ke Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
ve-av-ra-HAM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 18:22
the men turned from there went toward Sodom but Abraham still stood before LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:22, so the Hebrew word וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם (veavraham) 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.18.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.22.W6.S1) and character.