Genesis 26:2:7Gen.26.2.W7PAT
שְׁכֹ֣ן
shekhon
“dwell”
- Transliteration
- she-KHON
- Extended
- sheh-KHOHN
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈxoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwell
- French
- demeure
- Spanish
- mora
- Portuguese
- habita
- German
- wohne
- Russian
- живи
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسكنْ
- Hindi
- बस
- Chinese-Simplified
- 居住
- Korean
- 살아라
- Indonesian
- tinggallah
- Bengali
- বাস কর
- Tagalog
- manirahan
- Swahili
- kaa
- Amharic
- ኑር
- Yoruba
- gbe
- Igbo
- biri
- Twi
- tena
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-KHON
- phraseyour reading level
she-KHON ba-A-rets
- clause
she-KHON ba-A-rets a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER al-te-RED mi-tse-RA-ye-ma she-KHON ba-A-rets a-SHER o-MAR e-LE-kha
In context — Genesis 26:2
LORD appeared to him said do not go down to Egypt dwell in the land that I will tell you
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 26:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֹ֣ן (shekhon) 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.26.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.2.W7.S1) and character.