Genesis 23:12:2Gen.23.12.W2PAT
אַבְרָהָ֔ם
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
- अब्राहम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚伯拉罕
- Korean
- 아브라함
- Indonesian
- Abraham
- Bengali
- আব্রাহাম
- Tagalog
- Abraham
- Swahili
- Ibrahimu
- Amharic
- አብርሃም
- Yoruba
- Abraham
- Igbo
- Abraham
- Twi
- Abraham
- Ewe
- Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אַבְ + רָ + הָ֔ם
↓
av + ra + ham
↓
avraham
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yish-ta-KHU av-ra-HAM lif-NEI AM ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 23:12
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 23:12, so the Hebrew word אַבְרָהָ֔ם (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.23.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.12.W2.S1) and character.