Genesis 34:6:3Gen.34.6.W3PAT
אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶ֖ם
avishekhem
“father of Shechem”
- Transliteration
- a-vi-she-KHEM
- Extended
- ah-vee-sheh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔă.viː.ʃəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- father of Shechem
- French
- père de Sichem
- Spanish
- padre de Siquem
- Portuguese
- pai de Siquém
- German
- Vater von Sichem
- Russian
- отец Сихема
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَبُو شَكِيم
- Hindi
- शकेम का पिता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示剑的父亲
- Korean
- 세겜의 아버지
- Indonesian
- ayah Shekem
- Bengali
- শেখেমের পিতা
- Tagalog
- ama ni Shequem
- Swahili
- baba wa Shekemu
- Amharic
- የሴኬም አባት
- Yoruba
- baba Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- nna Shekem
- Twi
- Shekem agya
- Ewe
- Shekem fofo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֲ + בִֽי + שְׁ + כֶ֖ם
↓
a + vi + she + khem
↓
avishekhem
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vi-she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MOR a-vi-she-KHEM
- clause
va-ye-TSE kha-MOR a-vi-she-KHEM el-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-ye-TSE kha-MOR a-vi-she-KHEM el-ya-a-KOV le-da-BER it-TO
In context — Genesis 34:6
went out Hamor father of Shechem to Jacob to speak with him
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 34:6, so the Hebrew word אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶ֖ם (avishekhem) 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.34.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.6.W3.S1) and character.