Genesis 20:2:3Gen.20.2.W3PAT

אֶל־שָׂרָ֥ה

elsara

about Sarah

Transliteration
el-sa-RA
Extended
ehl-sah-RAA
IPA
/ʔɛl.saːˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
about Sarah
French
au sujet de Sara
Spanish
acerca de Sara
Portuguese
acerca de Sara
German
über Sara
Russian
о Сарре
Arabic-Simplified
عن سارة
Hindi
सारा के विषय में
Chinese-Simplified
关于撒拉
Korean
사라에 대하여
Indonesian
tentang Sara
Bengali
সারা সম্বন্ধে
Tagalog
tungkol kay Sara
Swahili
kuhusu Sara
Amharic
ስለ ሣራ
Yoruba
nípa Sara
Igbo
banyere Sera
Twi
fa Sara ho
Ewe
tso Sara ŋu

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Result
אֶל + שָׂ + רָ֥ה
el + sa + ra
elsara

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-sa-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-sa-RA ish-TO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-sa-RA ish-TO a-KHO-ti HI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-sa-RA ish-TO a-KHO-ti HI va-yish-LAKH a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh ge-RAR va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RA

In contextGenesis 20:2

Abraham said about Sarah his wife she my sister Abimelech king of Gerar sent took Sarah

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׂרָ֥ה (elsara) 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.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.2.W3.S1) and character.