Genesis 36:18:9Gen.36.18.W9PAT

יַעְלָ֖ם

yaelam

Jalam

Transliteration
ya-e-LAM
Extended
yah-eh-LAAM
IPA
/ja.ʕə.ˈlaːm/

Meaning by language

English
Jalam
French
Jalam
Spanish
Jalam
Portuguese
Jalam
German
Jalam
Russian
Яалам
Arabic-Simplified
يَعْلَام
Hindi
यालाम
Chinese-Simplified
雅兰
Korean
얄람
Indonesian
Yaalam
Bengali
যালাম
Tagalog
Yaalam
Swahili
Yaalamu
Amharic
ያዕላም
Yoruba
Yaalamu
Igbo
Jalam
Twi
Yaalam
Ewe
Yalam

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Result
יַ + עְ + לָ֖ם
ya + e + lam
yaelam

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-e-LAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-LUF ya-e-LAM

  3. clause

    ve-EL-leh be-NEI a-ho-lee-va-MA E-shet e-SAW al-LUF ye-USH al-LUF ya-e-LAM al-LUF KO-rakh

  4. sentence

    ve-EL-leh be-NEI a-ho-lee-va-MA E-shet e-SAW al-LUF ye-USH al-LUF ya-e-LAM al-LUF KO-rakh EL-leh al-lu-FEI a-ho-lee-va-MA bat-a-NA E-shet e-SAW

In contextGenesis 36:18

and these sons of Oholibamah wife of Esau chief Jeush chief Jalam chief Korah these chiefs of Oholibamah daughter of Anah wife of Esau

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 36:18, so the Hebrew word יַעְלָ֖ם (yaelam) 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.36.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.18.W9.S1) and character.