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

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Result
שְׁ + כֶ֣ם
she + khem
shekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-KHEM be-NI

  3. clause

    she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.