Genesis 25:12:3Gen.25.12.W3PAT
יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל
yishmael
“Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- yihsh-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /jiʃ.maːˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ishmael
- French
- Ismaël
- Spanish
- Ismael
- Portuguese
- Ismael
- German
- Ismael
- Russian
- Измаила
- Arabic-Simplified
- إسماعيل
- Hindi
- इश्माएल की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以实玛利的
- Korean
- 이스마엘의
- Indonesian
- Ismael
- Bengali
- ইশ্মায়েলের
- Tagalog
- Ismael
- Swahili
- Ishmaeli
- Amharic
- የእስማኤል
- Yoruba
- Ishmaeli
- Igbo
- Ishmael
- Twi
- Ismael
- Ewe
- Ismael
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-ma-EL
- phraseyour reading level
tol-DOT yish-ma-EL
- clause
ve-EL-leh tol-DOT yish-ma-EL ben-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
ve-EL-leh tol-DOT yish-ma-EL ben-av-ra-HAM a-SHER ya-le-DA ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-KHAT sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM
In context — Genesis 25:12
generations of Ishmael son of Abraham and these are whom Hagar the Egyptian woman maidservant of Sarah bore to Abraham
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 25:12, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל (yishmael) 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.25.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.12.W3.S1) and character.