Genesis 35:1:7Gen.35.1.W7PAT

וְשֶׁב־שָׁ֑ם

veshevsham

dwell there

Transliteration
ve-shev-SHAM
Extended
veh-shev-SHAAM
IPA
/və.ʃɛv.ˈʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English
dwell there
French
habite là
Spanish
habita allí
Portuguese
habita ali
German
wohne dort
Russian
живи там
Arabic-Simplified
واسكن هناك
Hindi
वहाँ बस
Chinese-Simplified
住在那里
Korean
거기에 거주하라
Indonesian
tinggallah di sana
Bengali
সেখানে বাস কর
Tagalog
at manirahan ka roon
Swahili
kaa huko
Amharic
በዚያ ኑር
Yoruba
gbé níbẹ̀
Igbo
biri n'ebe ahụ
Twi
tena hɔ
Ewe
nɔ afima

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שֶׁב + שָׁ֑ם
ve + shev + sham
veshevsham

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-shev-SHAM

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-ya-a-KOV KUM a-LE veit-EL ve-shev-SHAM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-ya-a-KOV KUM a-LE veit-EL ve-shev-SHAM va-a-se-SHAM mi-ze-BE-akh la-EL ha-ni-re-E e-LE-kha be-vor-kha-KHA mi-pe-NEI ei-SAV a-KHI-kha

In contextGenesis 35:1

said God to Jacob arise go up Bethel dwell there make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 35:1, so the Hebrew word וְשֶׁב־שָׁ֑ם (veshevsham) 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.35.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.1.W7.S1) and character.