Genesis 41:17:7Gen.41.17.W7PAT

עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת

alsefat

on the bank of

Transliteration
al-se-FAT
Extended
ahl-seh-FAHT
IPA
/ʕal.sə.ˈfat/

Meaning by language

English
on the bank of
French
sur la rive du
Spanish
a la orilla del
Portuguese
à margem do
German
am Ufer des
Russian
на берегу
Arabic-Simplified
عَلَى شَاطِئِ
Hindi
किनारे पर
Chinese-Simplified
在岸边上
Korean
강둑 가에
Indonesian
di tepi
Bengali
তীরে
Tagalog
sa pampang ng
Swahili
kwenye ukingo wa
Amharic
ዳርቻ ላይ
Yoruba
ní etí ti
Igbo
n'ikpere mmiri nke
Twi
wɔ mpoano
Ewe
le tɔ dzi

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Result
עַל + שְׂ + פַ֥ת
al + se + fat
alsefat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-se-FAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-se-FAT ha-ye-OR

  3. clause

    ba-kha-lo-MI hin-NI o-MED al-se-FAT ha-ye-OR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER par-O el-yo-SEF ba-kha-lo-MI hin-NI o-MED al-se-FAT ha-ye-OR

In contextGenesis 41:17

said Pharaoh to Joseph in my dream behold I standing on the bank of the Nile

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 41:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת (alsefat) 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.41.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.17.W7.S1) and character.