Genesis 25:16:10Gen.25.16.W10PAT

נְשִׂיאִ֖ם

nesiim

chiefs

Transliteration
ne-si-IM
Extended
neh-see-IHM
IPA
/nə.siː.ˈʔim/

Meaning by language

English
chiefs
French
chefs
Spanish
jefes
Portuguese
chefes
German
Fürsten
Russian
князей
Arabic-Simplified
رئيسًا
Hindi
प्रधान
Chinese-Simplified
首领
Korean
수령들
Indonesian
pemimpin
Bengali
প্রধান
Tagalog
pinuno
Swahili
wakuu
Amharic
አለቆች
Yoruba
olórí
Igbo
ndị isi
Twi
mpanyimfoɔ
Ewe
fiawo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + שִׂי + אִ֖ם
ne + si + im
nesiim

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-si-IM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-neim-a-SAR ne-si-IM

  3. clause

    she-neim-a-SAR ne-si-IM le-um-mo-TAM

  4. sentence

    EL-leh HEM be-NEI yish-ma-EL ve-EL-leh she-mo-TAM be-kha-tse-RE-hem u-ve-ti-ro-TAM she-neim-a-SAR ne-si-IM le-um-mo-TAM

In contextGenesis 25:16

these are sons of Ishmael and these their names in their settlements and in their encampments twelve chiefs by their clans

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 25:16, so the Hebrew word נְשִׂיאִ֖ם (nesiim) 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.25.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.16.W10.S1) and character.