Genesis 24:15:17Gen.24.15.W17PAT
עַל־שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃
alshikhmah
“upon her shoulder”
- Transliteration
- al-shikh-MAH
- Extended
- ahl-shihkh-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃix.ˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon her shoulder
- French
- sur son épaule
- Spanish
- sobre su hombro
- Portuguese
- sobre o seu ombro
- German
- auf ihrer Schulter
- Russian
- на её плече
- Arabic-Simplified
- على كتفها
- Hindi
- उसके कंधे पर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在她的肩上
- Korean
- 그녀의 어깨 위에
- Indonesian
- di atas bahunya
- Bengali
- তার কাঁধের উপর
- Tagalog
- sa kaniyang balikat
- Swahili
- juu ya bega lake
- Amharic
- በትከሻዋ ላይ
- Yoruba
- lori ejika rẹ
- Igbo
- n'ubu ya
- Twi
- n'abatire so
- Ewe
- le eƒe abɔta dzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-shikh-MAH
- clause
ve-kad-DAH al-shikh-MAH
- sentence
va-ye-hi-HU TE-rem kil-LA le-dab-BER ve-hin-NE riv-KA yo-TSET a-SHER yul-le-DA li-ve-tu-EL ben-mil-KA E-shet na-KHOR a-KHI av-ra-HAM ve-kad-DAH al-shikh-MAH
In context — Genesis 24:15
and it happened that he before finished speaking and behold Rebekah coming out who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah wife of Nahor brother of Abraham and her jar upon her shoulder
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 24:15, so the Hebrew word עַל־שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃ (alshikhmah) 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.24.15.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.15.W17.S1) and character.