Genesis 38:5:7Gen.38.5.W7PAT

שֵׁלָ֑ה

shela

Shelah

Transliteration
she-LA
Extended
sheh-LAA
IPA
/ʃeˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
Shelah
French
Shéla
Spanish
Selá
Portuguese
Selá
German
Schela
Russian
Шела
Arabic-Simplified
شيلة
Hindi
शेलाह
Chinese-Simplified
示拉
Korean
셸라
Indonesian
Syela
Bengali
শেলাহ
Tagalog
Shelah
Swahili
Shela
Amharic
ሼላ
Yoruba
Shela
Igbo
Shela
Twi
Shela

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Result
שֵׁ + לָ֑ה
she + la
shela

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-LA

  2. clause

    va-TO-sef OD va-TE-led BEN va-ti-ke-RA ET-she-MO she-LA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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 38:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 38:5, so the Hebrew word שֵׁלָ֑ה (shela) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.5.W7.S1) and character.