Genesis 25:16:9Gen.25.16.W9PAT
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר
sheneimasar
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- she-neim-a-SAR
- Extended
- sheh-neem-ah-SAAR
- IPA
- /ʃə.neːm.ʕaˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
- French
- douze
- Spanish
- doce
- Portuguese
- doze
- German
- zwölf
- Russian
- двенадцать
- Arabic-Simplified
- اثنا عشر
- Hindi
- बारह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 十二
- Korean
- 열두
- Indonesian
- dua belas
- Bengali
- বারো
- Tagalog
- labindalawang
- Swahili
- kumi na wawili
- Amharic
- አስራ ሁለት
- Yoruba
- mẹ́jìlá
- Igbo
- iri na abụọ
- Twi
- dumienu
- Ewe
- wuieve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-neim-a-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
she-neim-a-SAR ne-si-IM
- clause
she-neim-a-SAR ne-si-IM le-um-mo-TAM
- 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 context — Genesis 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 25:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 25:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר (sheneimasar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.16.W9.S1) and character.