Genesis 22:17:10Gen.22.17.W10PAT

עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת

alsefat

on shore of

Transliteration
al-se-FAT
Extended
ahl-seh-FAHT
IPA
/ʕal.sə.ˈfat/

Meaning by language

English
on shore of
French
sur le bord de la
Spanish
en la orilla del
Portuguese
na beira do
German
am Ufer des
Russian
на берегу
Arabic-Simplified
على شاطئ
Hindi
किनारे पर
Chinese-Simplified
岸边
Korean
기슭에
Indonesian
di tepi
Bengali
তীরে
Tagalog
sa pampang ng
Swahili
juu ya ufuo wa
Amharic
በዳርቻ
Yoruba
ni etí ti
Igbo
n'ikpere ụsọ nke
Twi
po ano so
Ewe
le to si

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Result
עַל + שְׂ + פַ֣ת
al + se + fat
alsefat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-se-FAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-se-FAT ha-YAM

  3. clause

    ki-va-REKH a-va-re-khe-KHA ve-ha-re-BA a-re-BEH et-za-re-a-KHA ke-khokh-VEI ha-sha-MA-yim ve-kha-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT ha-YAM

  4. sentence

    ki-va-REKH a-va-re-khe-KHA ve-ha-re-BA a-re-BEH et-za-re-a-KHA ke-khokh-VEI ha-sha-MA-yim ve-kha-KHOL a-SHER al-se-FAT ha-YAM ve-yi-RASH za-re-a-KHA ET SHA-ar o-ye-VAV

In contextGenesis 22:17

surely I will bless you and greatly I will multiply your offspring as stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on shore of the sea will possess your offspring gate of his enemies

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 22:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂפַ֣ת (alsefat) 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.22.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.17.W10.S1) and character.