Genesis 37:12:6Gen.37.12.W6PAT
בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
bishekhem
“at Shechem”
- Transliteration
- bi-she-KHEM
- Extended
- bih-sheh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /bi.ʃə.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Shechem
- French
- à Sichem
- Spanish
- en Siquem
- Portuguese
- em Siquém
- German
- in Sichem
- Russian
- в Сихеме
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي شَكِيمَ
- Hindi
- शकेम में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在示剑
- Korean
- 세겜에서
- Indonesian
- di Sikhem
- Bengali
- শেখেমে
- Tagalog
- sa Sikem
- Swahili
- katika Shekemu
- Amharic
- በሴኬም
- Yoruba
- ní Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- na Shekem
- Twi
- wɔ Sekem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בִּ + שְׁ + כֶֽם׃
↓
bi + she + khem
↓
bishekhem
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
bi-she-KHEM
- clause
li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM
In context — Genesis 37:12
and went his brothers to pasture the flock of their father at Shechem
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 37:12, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (bishekhem) 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.37.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.12.W6.S1) and character.