Genesis 40:4:10Gen.40.4.W10PAT
בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃
bemishmar
“in custody”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-MAR
- Extended
- beh-mish-MAAR
- IPA
- /bə.miʃˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in custody
- French
- en détention
- Spanish
- en custodia
- Portuguese
- em custódia
- German
- in Gewahrsam
- Russian
- под стражей
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي الْحِرَاسَةِ
- Hindi
- हिरासत में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在看守中
- Korean
- 감금 중에
- Indonesian
- dalam tahanan
- Bengali
- হেফাজতে
- Tagalog
- sa pagbabantay
- Swahili
- katika ulinzi
- Amharic
- በእስር ቤት
- Yoruba
- ní àhámọ́
- Igbo
- n'ulo nche
- Twi
- wɔ ahwɛsoɔ mu
- Ewe
- le gaxɔ me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
be-mish-MAR
- clause
va-yih-YU ya-MIM be-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-yif-KOD SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM et-yo-SEF it-TAM va-ye-SHA-ret o-TAM va-yih-YU ya-MIM be-mish-MAR
In context — Genesis 40:4
appointed the chief of the slaughterers Joseph with them he served them they remained days in custody
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 40:4, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃ (bemishmar) 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.40.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.4.W10.S1) and character.