Genesis 34:24:3Gen.34.24.W3PAT
וְאֶל־שְׁכֶ֣ם
veelshekhem
“and to Shechem”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-she-KHEM
- Extended
- veh-ehl-sheh-KHEM
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛl.ʃə.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Shechem
- French
- et à Sichem
- Spanish
- y a Siquem
- Portuguese
- e a Siquém
- German
- und Sichem
- Russian
- и Сихему
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَإِلَى شَكِيم
- Hindi
- और शकेम को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和示剑
- Korean
- 그리고 세겜에게
- Indonesian
- dan Sikhem
- Bengali
- এবং শখেমকে
- Tagalog
- at kay Shechem
- Swahili
- na Shekemu
- Amharic
- እና ለሴኬም
- Yoruba
- àti Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- na Shekem
- Twi
- na Shekem
- Ewe
- eye na Sekem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-el-she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-el-she-KHEM be-NO
- clause
va-yish-me-U el-kha-MOR ve-el-she-KHEM be-NO kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO
- sentence
va-yish-me-U el-kha-MOR ve-el-she-KHEM be-NO kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO va-yim-mo-LU kol-za-KHAR kol-yo-tse-EI SHA-ar i-RO
In context — Genesis 34:24
listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son all who went out of the gate of his city were circumcised all males all who went out of the gate of his city
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 34:24, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־שְׁכֶ֣ם (veelshekhem) 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.34.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.24.W3.S1) and character.