Genesis 26:8:9Gen.26.8.W9PAT
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
pelishtim
“the Philistines”
- Transliteration
- pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- peh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /pə.liʃ.ˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Philistines
- French
- Philistins
- Spanish
- filisteos
- Portuguese
- filisteus
- German
- Philister
- Russian
- филистимлян
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْفِلِسْطِيِّينَ
- Hindi
- फिलिस्तियों का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 非利士人的
- Korean
- 블레셋 사람들의
- Indonesian
- orang Filistin
- Bengali
- ফিলিস্তীয়দের
- Tagalog
- mga Filisteo
- Swahili
- Wafilisti
- Amharic
- የፍልስጥኤማውያን
- Yoruba
- àwọn Fílístínì
- Igbo
- ndị Filistia
- Twi
- Filistifoɔ
- Ewe
- Filistitɔwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-lish-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ye-HI KI ar-khu-LO SHAM ha-ya-MIM va-yash-KEF a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM be-AD ha-khal-LON
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI ar-khu-LO SHAM ha-ya-MIM va-yash-KEF a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM be-AD ha-khal-LON va-YAR ve-hin-NEH yits-KHAK me-tsa-KHEK ET riv-KA ish-TO
In context — Genesis 26:8
when the days grew long for him there and it happened Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through the window behold he saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 26:8, so the Hebrew word פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pelishtim) 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.26.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.8.W9.S1) and character.