Genesis 28:17:12Gen.28.17.W12PAT

שַׁ֥עַר

shaar

the gate of

Transliteration
SHA-ar
Extended
SHAH-ar
IPA
/ˈʃa.ʕar/

Meaning by language

English
the gate of
French
la porte de
Spanish
la puerta de
Portuguese
a porta de
German
das Tor
Russian
врата
Arabic-Simplified
بَابُ
Hindi
द्वार
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
gerbang
Bengali
দ্বার
Tagalog
pintuan ng
Swahili
lango la
Amharic
በር
Yoruba
ẹnu-ọna ti
Igbo
ọnụ ụzọ nke
Twi
pon
Ewe
agbo si

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Result
שַׁ֥ + עַר
sha + ar
shaar

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHA-ar

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    EIN ZEH KI im-BEIT e-lo-HIM ve-ZEH SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yi-RA va-yo-MAR mah-no-RA ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH EIN ZEH KI im-BEIT e-lo-HIM ve-ZEH SHA-ar ha-sha-MA-yim

In contextGenesis 28:17

was afraid said how fearsome place this is nothing this but the house of God and this the gate of the heavens

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 28:17, so the Hebrew word שַׁ֥עַר (shaar) 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.28.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.17.W12.S1) and character.