Genesis 4:17:11Gen.4.17.W11PAT
שֵׁ֣ם
shem
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
- French
- nom de
- Spanish
- nombre de
- Portuguese
- nome de
- German
- Name
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسْمَ
- Hindi
- नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 名字
- Korean
- 이름
- Indonesian
- nama
- Bengali
- নাম
- Tagalog
- pangalan ng
- Swahili
- jina la
- Amharic
- ስም
- Yoruba
- orúkọ ti
- Igbo
- aha nke
- Twi
- edin
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHEM ha-EER
- clause
va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
- sentence
va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
In context — Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife she conceived she bore Enoch he was building a city named the name of the city as the name of his son Enoch
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 4:17, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֣ם (shem) 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.4.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.17.W11.S1) and character.