Genesis 28:9:3Gen.28.9.W3PAT
אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל
elyishmael
“to Ishmael”
- Transliteration
- el-yish-ma-EL
- Extended
- ehl-yish-mah-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jiʃ.maː.ˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ishmael
- French
- vers Ismaël
- Spanish
- a Ismael
- Portuguese
- a Ismael
- German
- zu Ismael
- Russian
- к Измаилу
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى إسماعيل
- Hindi
- इश्माएल के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到以实玛利那里
- Korean
- 이스마엘에게로
- Indonesian
- kepada Ismael
- Bengali
- ইশ্মায়েলের কাছে
- Tagalog
- kay Ismael
- Swahili
- kwa Ishmaeli
- Amharic
- ወደ እስማኤል
- Yoruba
- sí Iṣimaeli
- Igbo
- n'ebe Ismael nọ
- Twi
- Ismael nkyɛn
- Ewe
- ɖe Ismael gbɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-yish-ma-EL
- clause
va-YE-lekh e-SAV el-yish-ma-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh e-SAV el-yish-ma-EL va-yik-KAKH et-ma-kha-LAT bat-yish-ma-EL ben-av-ra-HAM a-KHOT ne-va-YOT al-na-SHAV LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 28:9
went Esau to Ishmael took Mahalath daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham sister of Nebaioth besides his wives for himself as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 28:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל (elyishmael) 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.28.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.9.W3.S1) and character.