Genesis 39:1:13Gen.39.1.W13PAT

הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים

hayishemeelim

the Ishmaelites

Transliteration
ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM
Extended
hah-yih-sheh-meh-EE-LEEM
IPA
/haj.jiʃə.mə.ʕeːˈliːm/

Meaning by language

English
the Ishmaelites
French
les Ismaélites
Spanish
los ismaelitas
Portuguese
os ismaelitas
German
die Ismaeliten
Russian
измаильтяне
Arabic-Simplified
الإسماعيليين
Hindi
इश्माएली
Chinese-Simplified
那些以实玛利人
Korean
그 이스마엘 사람들
Indonesian
orang-orang Ismael
Bengali
ইশ্মায়েলীয়রা
Tagalog
ang mga Ismaelita
Swahili
Waishmaeli
Amharic
እስማኤላውያኑ
Yoruba
àwọn ọmọ Iṣmaẹli
Igbo
ndị Ishmael
Twi
Ismaelfoɔ no

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + יִּ + שְׁ + מְ + עֵא + לִ֔ים
ha + yi + she + me + e + lim
hayishemeelim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM

  2. clause

    va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA

  3. sentence

    ve-yo-SEF hu-RAD mi-tse-RAI-ma va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yi-she-me-E-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA

In contextGenesis 39:1

and Joseph was brought down to Egypt and bought him Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh chief the slaughterers a man Egyptian from hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 39:1, so the Hebrew word הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים (hayishemeelim) 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.39.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W13.S1) and character.