Genesis 34:20:5Gen.34.20.W5PAT

אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר

elshaar

to the gate of

Transliteration
el-SHA-ar
Extended
ehl-SHAH-ahr
IPA
/ʔɛl.ˈʃa.ʕar/

Meaning by language

English
to the gate of
French
à la porte de
Spanish
a la puerta de
Portuguese
ao portão de
German
zum Tor von
Russian
к воротам
Arabic-Simplified
إِلَى بَابِ
Hindi
फाटक तक
Chinese-Simplified
到门口
Korean
문으로
Indonesian
ke pintu gerbang
Bengali
ফটকের কাছে
Tagalog
sa pintuan ng
Swahili
kwenye lango la
Amharic
ወደ በር
Yoruba
sí ibodè ti
Igbo
n'ọnụ ụzọ ámá nke
Twi
kɔ ɔpon ano
Ewe
yi agbo la gbɔ

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Result
אֶל + שַׁ֣ + עַר
el + sha + ar
elshaar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-SHA-ar

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-SHA-ar i-RAM

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO kha-MOR u-she-KHEM be-NO el-SHA-ar i-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO kha-MOR u-she-KHEM be-NO el-SHA-ar i-RAM va-ye-dab-be-RU el-an-SHEI i-RAM le-MOR

In contextGenesis 34:20

came Hamor and Shechem his son to the gate of their city spoke to the men of their city saying

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 34:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר (elshaar) 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.34.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.20.W5.S1) and character.