Genesis 28:18:12Gen.28.18.W12PAT
שֶׁ֖מֶן
shemen
“oil”
- Transliteration
- SHE-men
- Extended
- SHEH-men
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.mɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- oil
- French
- de l'huile
- Spanish
- aceite
- Portuguese
- óleo
- German
- Öl
- Russian
- масло
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَيْتًا
- Hindi
- तेल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 油
- Korean
- 기름
- Indonesian
- minyak
- Bengali
- তেল
- Tagalog
- langis
- Swahili
- mafuta
- Amharic
- ዘይት
- Yoruba
- epo
- Igbo
- mmanụ
- Twi
- ngo
- Ewe
- ami
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-TSOK SHE-men
- clause
va-yi-TSOK SHE-men al-ro-SHAH
- sentence
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven a-sher-SAM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-ya-SEM o-TAH mat-tse-VA va-yi-TSOK SHE-men al-ro-SHAH
In context — Genesis 28:18
rose early Jacob in the morning took the stone that he had placed at his head set it as a pillar poured oil on its top
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 28:18, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֖מֶן (shemen) 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.28.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.18.W12.S1) and character.