Genesis 28:19:7Gen.28.19.W7PAT
שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר
shemhair
“the name of the city”
- Transliteration
- shem-ha-IR
- Extended
- shehm-hah-EER
- IPA
- /ʃeːm.haː.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of the city
- French
- le nom de la ville
- Spanish
- el nombre de la ciudad
- Portuguese
- o nome da cidade
- German
- der Name der Stadt
- Russian
- имя города
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسم المدينة
- Hindi
- नगर का नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 城的名字
- Korean
- 그 성읍의 이름
- Indonesian
- nama kota
- Bengali
- নগরের নাম
- Tagalog
- ang pangalan ng lungsod
- Swahili
- jina la mji
- Amharic
- የከተማው ስም
- Yoruba
- orúkọ ti ìlú
- Igbo
- aha obodo
- Twi
- kurow no din
- Ewe
- du ƒe ŋkɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shem-ha-IR
- phraseyour reading level
LUZ shem-ha-IR
- clause
ve-u-LAM LUZ shem-ha-IR la-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA et-shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU beit-EL ve-u-LAM LUZ shem-ha-IR la-ri-sho-NA
In context — Genesis 28:19
he called the name of the place that Bethel but Luz the name of the city formerly
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 28:19, so the Hebrew word שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר (shemhair) 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.28.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.19.W7.S1) and character.