Genesis 21:3:2Gen.21.3.W2PAT

אַבְרָהָ֜ם

avraham

Abraham

Transliteration
av-ra-HAM
Extended
ahv-rah-HAAM
IPA
/ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/

Meaning by language

English
Abraham
French
Abraham
Spanish
Abraham
Portuguese
Abraão
German
Abraham
Russian
Авраам
Arabic-Simplified
إبراهيم
Hindi
इब्राहीम
Chinese-Simplified
亚伯拉罕
Korean
아브라함
Indonesian
Abraham
Bengali
ইব্রাহিম
Tagalog
Abraham
Swahili
Ibrahimu
Amharic
አብርሃም
Yoruba
Abramu
Igbo
Ebreham
Twi
Abraham
Ewe
Abraham

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Result
אַבְ + רָ + הָ֜ם
av + ra + ham
avraham

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    av-ra-HAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM

  3. sentence

    va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM et-shem-be-NO ha-no-lad-LO a-sher-yal-da-LO sa-RA yits-KHAK

In contextGenesis 21:3

Abraham called the name of his son the one born to him whom she bore to him Sarah Isaac

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 21:3, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָ֜ם (avraham) 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.21.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.3.W2.S1) and character.