Genesis 37:28:11Gen.37.28.W11PAT
לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים
layishemeelim
“to the Ishmaelites”
- Transliteration
- la-yi-she-me-e-LIM
- Extended
- lah-yih-sheh-meh-eh-LEEM
- IPA
- /laj.ji.ʃə.mə.ʕeːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Ishmaelites
- French
- aux Ismaélites
- Spanish
- a los ismaelitas
- Portuguese
- aos ismaelitas
- German
- an die Ismaeliter
- Russian
- ишмаильтянам
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الإسماعيليين
- Hindi
- इश्माएलियों को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给以实玛利人
- Korean
- 이스마엘 사람들에게
- Indonesian
- kepada orang-orang Ismael itu
- Bengali
- ইশ্মায়েলীয়দের কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa mga Ismaelita
- Swahili
- kwa Waishmaeli
- Amharic
- ለእስማኤላውያኑ
- Yoruba
- fún àwọn ọmọ Iṣimaeli
- Igbo
- nye ndị Ishmael
- Twi
- maa Ismaelfo no
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-yi-she-me-e-LIM
- clause
va-ya-a-ve-RU a-na-SHIM mi-de-ya-NIM so-kha-RIM va-yi-me-she-KHU va-ya-a-LU et-yo-SEF min-ha-BOR va-yi-me-ke-RU et-yo-SEF la-yi-she-me-e-LIM be-e-se-RIM KA-sef
- sentence
va-ya-a-ve-RU a-na-SHIM mi-de-ya-NIM so-kha-RIM va-yi-me-she-KHU va-ya-a-LU et-yo-SEF min-ha-BOR va-yi-me-ke-RU et-yo-SEF la-yi-she-me-e-LIM be-e-se-RIM KA-sef va-ya-VI-u et-yo-SEF mi-tse-ra-ye-MA
In context — Genesis 37:28
and they passed by men Midianites merchants and they pulled and they brought up Joseph from the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver and they brought Joseph to Egypt
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 37:28, so the Hebrew word לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים (layishemeelim) 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.37.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.28.W11.S1) and character.