Genesis 37:14:15Gen.37.14.W15PAT
שְׁכֶֽמָה׃
shekhema
“to Shechem”
- Transliteration
- she-khe-MA
- Extended
- sheh-kheh-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃə.xɛ.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Shechem
- French
- à Sichem
- Spanish
- a Siquem
- Portuguese
- a Siquém
- German
- nach Schechem
- Russian
- в Сихем
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى شكيم
- Hindi
- शकेम को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到示剑
- Korean
- 세겜으로
- Indonesian
- ke Sikhem
- Bengali
- শিখেমে
- Tagalog
- sa Sichem
- Swahili
- hadi Shekemu
- Amharic
- ወደ ሴኬም
- Yoruba
- sí Ṣekemu
- Igbo
- na Shekem
- Twi
- kɔɔ Sekem
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 | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-khe-MA
- clause
va-yi-she-la-KHE-hu me-E-mek khev-RON va-ya-VO she-khe-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO lekh-NA re-E et-she-LOM a-KHE-kha ve-et-she-LOM ha-TSON va-ha-shi-VE-ni da-VAR va-yi-she-la-KHE-hu me-E-mek khev-RON va-ya-VO she-khe-MA
In context — Genesis 37:14
and he said to him go now see the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock and bring me back report and he sent him from the valley of Hebron and he came to Shechem
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 37:14, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֶֽמָה׃ (shekhema) 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.37.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.14.W15.S1) and character.