Genesis 34:2:3Gen.34.2.W3PAT
שְׁכֶ֧ם
shekhem
“Shechem”
- Transliteration
- she-KHEM
- Extended
- sheh-KHEM
- IPA
- /ʃəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shechem
- French
- Sichem
- Spanish
- Siquem
- Portuguese
- Siquém
- German
- Sichem
- Russian
- Сихем
- Arabic-Simplified
- شَكِيم
- Hindi
- शेकेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示剑
- Korean
- 세겜
- Indonesian
- Sikhem
- Bengali
- শেখেম
- Tagalog
- Siquem
- Swahili
- Shekemu
- Amharic
- ሴኬም
- Yoruba
- Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- Shekem
- Twi
- Sekem
- Ewe
- Sekem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR
- clause
va-YAR o-TAH she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR ha-khi-WI ne-SI ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YAR o-TAH she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR ha-khi-WI ne-SI ha-A-rets va-yi-KAKH o-TAH va-yish-KAV o-TAH va-ye-a-NE-ha
In context — Genesis 34:2
saw her Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite prince of the land took her lay with her humiliated her
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 34:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֶ֧ם (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.34.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.2.W3.S1) and character.