Genesis 2:11:1Gen.2.11.W1PAT
שֵׁ֥ם
shem
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
- French
- le nom du
- Spanish
- el nombre del
- Portuguese
- o nome do
- German
- der Name des
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسم
- Hindi
- नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 名字
- Korean
- 이름
- Indonesian
- nama
- Bengali
- নাম
- Tagalog
- ang pangalan ng
- Swahili
- jina la
- Amharic
- ስም
- Yoruba
- orúkọ ti
- Igbo
- aha nke
- Twi
- edin
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHEM ha-e-KHAD
- clause
SHEM ha-e-KHAD pi-SHON
- sentence
SHEM ha-e-KHAD pi-SHON HU ha-so-VEV ET kol-E-rets ha-kha-vi-LA a-sher-SHAM ha-za-HAV
In context — Genesis 2:11
the name of the first it is Pishon the one encircling the whole land of {the} Havilah where there is gold
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:11, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֥ם (shem) 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.2.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.11.W1.S1) and character.