Genesis 19:23:1Gen.19.23.W1PAT
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mehsh
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃɛ.mɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
- French
- le soleil
- Spanish
- el sol
- Portuguese
- o sol
- German
- die Sonne
- Russian
- солнце
- Arabic-Simplified
- الشمس
- Hindi
- सूर्य
- Chinese-Simplified
- 太阳
- Korean
- 해가
- Indonesian
- matahari
- Bengali
- সূর্য
- Tagalog
- ang araw
- Swahili
- jua
- Amharic
- ፀሐይ
- Yoruba
- oorun
- Igbo
- anyanwụ
- Twi
- owia no
- Ewe
- ɣe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + שֶּׁ֖ + מֶשׁ
↓
ha + she + mesh
↓
hashemesh
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ha-SHE-mesh ya-TSA al-ha-A-rets ve-LOT BA tso-a-RA
In context — Genesis 19:23
the sun rose upon the earth and Lot came to Zoar
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:23, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (hashemesh) 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.19.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.23.W1.S1) and character.