Genesis 4:19:5Gen.4.19.W5PAT
שֵׁ֤ם
shem
“name of”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- name of
- French
- nom de
- Spanish
- nombre de
- Portuguese
- nome de
- German
- Name der
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسم
- 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
- din
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ na
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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Word in context
- word
SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHEM ha-a-KHAT
- clause
SHEM ha-a-KHAT a-DA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT tsi-LA
- sentence
va-yik-kakh-LO LE-mekh she-TEI na-SHIM SHEM ha-a-KHAT a-DA ve-SHEM ha-she-NIT tsi-LA
In context — Genesis 4:19
Lamech took for himself two wives name of the one Adah and name of the second Zillah
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 4:19, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֤ם (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.4.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.19.W5.S1) and character.