Genesis 33:18:5Gen.33.18.W5PAT

שְׁכֶ֗ם

shekhem

Shechem

Transliteration
she-KHEM
Extended
sheh-KHEHM
IPA
/ʃə.ˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
Shechem
French
Sichem
Spanish
Siquem
Portuguese
Siquém
German
Sichem
Russian
Сихем
Arabic-Simplified
شَكِيم
Hindi
शकेम का
Chinese-Simplified
示剑的
Korean
세겜의
Indonesian
Sikhem
Bengali
শখেমের
Tagalog
Siquem
Swahili
Shekemu
Amharic
ሴኬም
Yoruba
Ṣekemu
Igbo
Shekem
Twi
Sekem
Ewe
Sekem

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Result
שְׁ + כֶ֗ם
she + khem
shekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    EER she-KHEM

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV sha-LEM EER she-KHEM a-SHER be-ER-ets ke-NA-an be-VO-o mi-pa-DAN a-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV sha-LEM EER she-KHEM a-SHER be-ER-ets ke-NA-an be-VO-o mi-pa-DAN a-RAM va-yi-KHAN et-pe-NEI ha-EER

In contextGenesis 33:18

came Jacob safely city of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan when he came from Paddan Aram he camped before the city

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 33:18, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֶ֗ם (shekhem) 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.33.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.18.W5.S1) and character.