Genesis 33:16:4Gen.33.16.W4PAT

עֵשָׂ֛ו

esav

Esau

Transliteration
e-SAV
Extended
eh-SAAV
IPA
/ʕeː.ˈsaːw/

Meaning by language

English
Esau
French
Ésaü
Spanish
Esaú
Portuguese
Esaú
German
Esau
Russian
Исав
Arabic-Simplified
عِيسُو
Hindi
एसाव
Chinese-Simplified
以扫
Korean
에서
Indonesian
Esau
Bengali
এসৌ
Tagalog
Esau
Swahili
Esau
Amharic
ኤሳው
Yoruba
Esau
Igbo
Iso
Twi
Esau
Ewe
Esau

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עֵ + שָׂ֛ו
e + sav
esav

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-SAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-SHAV ba-YOM ha-HU e-SAV

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV ba-YOM ha-HU e-SAV le-dar-KO se-i-RA

In contextGenesis 33:16

returned on the day that Esau on his way to Seir

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:16, so the Hebrew word עֵשָׂ֛ו (esav) 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.33.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.16.W4.S1) and character.