Genesis 25:17:4Gen.25.17.W4PAT

יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל

yishmael

Ishmael

Transliteration
yish-ma-EL
Extended
yihsh-maa-EEL
IPA
/jiʃ.maː.ˈʕeːl/

Meaning by language

English
Ishmael
French
Ismaël
Spanish
Ismael
Portuguese
Ismael
German
Ismaels
Russian
Измаила
Arabic-Simplified
إسماعيل
Hindi
इश्माएल के
Chinese-Simplified
以实玛利的
Korean
이스마엘의
Indonesian
Ismael
Bengali
ইশ্মায়েলের
Tagalog
Ismael
Swahili
Ishmaeli
Amharic
የእስማኤል
Yoruba
Iṣimaẹli
Igbo
Ishmael
Twi
Ismael
Ewe
Ismael

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִשְׁ + מָ + עֵ֔אל
yish + ma + el
yishmael

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    yish-ma-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    khai-YEI yish-ma-EL

  3. clause

    ve-EL-leh she-NEI khai-YEI yish-ma-EL me-AT sha-NA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA ve-SHE-va sha-NIM

  4. sentence

    ve-EL-leh she-NEI khai-YEI yish-ma-EL me-AT sha-NA u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA ve-SHE-va sha-NIM va-yig-VA va-ya-MAT va-ye-A-sef el-am-MAV

In contextGenesis 25:17

and these years of life of Ishmael a hundred year and thirty year and seven years He breathed his last He died He was gathered to his people

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 25:17, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל (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.25.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.17.W4.S1) and character.