Genesis 25:16:2Gen.25.16.W2PAT

הֵ֞ם

hem

are

Transliteration
HEM
Extended
HEHM
IPA
/ˈheːm/

Meaning by language

English
are
French
sont
Spanish
son
Portuguese
são
German
sind
Russian
и есть
Arabic-Simplified
هُم
Hindi
हैं
Chinese-Simplified
就是
Korean
이다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
হল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
ndio
Amharic
ናቸው
Yoruba
ni
Igbo
bụ
Twi
ne
Ewe
nye

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    EL-leh HEM

  3. clause

    EL-leh HEM be-NEI yish-ma-EL ve-EL-leh she-mo-TAM be-kha-tse-RE-hem u-ve-ti-ro-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 25:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 25:16, so the Hebrew word הֵ֞ם (hem) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.16.W2.S1) and character.