Genesis 34:8:5Gen.34.8.W5PAT
שְׁכֶ֣ם
shekhem
“Shechem”
- Transliteration
- she-KHEM
- Extended
- sheh-KHEM
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shechem
- French
- Sichem
- Spanish
- Siquem
- Portuguese
- Siquém
- German
- Sichem
- Russian
- Сихем
- Arabic-Simplified
- شكيم
- Hindi
- शकेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 示剑
- Korean
- 세겜
- Indonesian
- Sikhem
- Bengali
- শেখেম
- Tagalog
- Shekem
- Swahili
- Shekemu
- Amharic
- ሴኬም
- Yoruba
- Ṣekem
- Igbo
- Shekem
- Twi
- Sekem
- Ewe
- Shekem
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 be-NI
- clause
she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER kha-MOR i-TAM le-MOR she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 34:8
spoke Hamor with them saying Shechem my son longs for his soul your daughter give please her to him as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 34:8, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֶ֣ם (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.34.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.8.W5.S1) and character.