Genesis 38:5:6Gen.38.5.W6PAT
אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ
etshemo
“his name”
- Transliteration
- ET-she-MO
- Extended
- EET-sheh-MOH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.ʃəˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his name
- French
- son nom
- Spanish
- su nombre
- Portuguese
- seu nome
- German
- seinen Namen
- Russian
- его имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمه
- Hindi
- उसका नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他的名字
- Korean
- 그의 이름을
- Indonesian
- namanya
- Bengali
- তার নাম
- Tagalog
- kaniyang pangalan
- Swahili
- jina lake
- Amharic
- ስሙ
- Yoruba
- orúkọ rẹ̀
- Igbo
- aha ya
- Twi
- ne din
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ET-she-MO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-ke-RA ET-she-MO
- clause
va-TO-sef OD va-TE-led BEN va-ti-ke-RA ET-she-MO she-LA
- sentence
va-TO-sef OD va-TE-led BEN va-ti-ke-RA ET-she-MO she-LA ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV be-li-de-TAH o-TO
In context — Genesis 38:5
and she added again and she bore a son and she called his name Shelah and he was in Chezib when she bore him
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 38:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ (etshemo) 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.38.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.5.W6.S1) and character.