Genesis 34:13:3Gen.34.13.W3PAT
אֶת־שְׁכֶ֨ם
etshekhem
“Shechem”
- Transliteration
- et-she-KHEM
- Extended
- eht-sheh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ʃə.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shechem
- French
- Sichem
- Spanish
- Siquem
- Portuguese
- Siquém
- German
- Sichem
- Russian
- Сихема
- Arabic-Simplified
- شكيم
- Hindi
- शकेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示剑
- Korean
- 세겜
- Indonesian
- Sikhem
- Bengali
- শেখেম
- Tagalog
- Siquem
- Swahili
- Shekemu
- Amharic
- ሴኬም
- Yoruba
- Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- Shekem
- Twi
- Shekem
- Ewe
- Sikem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-she-KHEM ve-et-kha-MOR a-VIV
- clause
va-ya-a-NU ve-nei-ya-a-KOV et-she-KHEM ve-et-kha-MOR a-VIV be-mir-MA va-ye-da-be-RU
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU ve-nei-ya-a-KOV et-she-KHEM ve-et-kha-MOR a-VIV be-mir-MA va-ye-da-be-RU a-SHER tim-ME ET di-NA a-kho-TAM
In context — Genesis 34:13
answered the sons of Jacob Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit spoke because he had defiled Dinah their sister
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 34:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁכֶ֨ם (etshekhem) 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.34.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.13.W3.S1) and character.