Genesis 42:16:1Gen.42.16.W1PAT

שִׁלְח֨וּ

shilkhu

send

Transliteration
shil-KHU
Extended
shihl-KHOO
IPA
/ʃilˈħuː/

Meaning by language

English
send
French
envoyez
Spanish
enviad
Portuguese
enviai
German
sendet
Russian
пошлите
Arabic-Simplified
أرسلوا
Hindi
भेजो
Chinese-Simplified
打发
Korean
보내라
Indonesian
kirimlah
Bengali
পাঠাও
Tagalog
ipadala ninyo
Swahili
tumeni
Amharic
ላኩ
Yoruba
rán
Igbo
zipụnụ
Twi
monsoma
Ewe

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Result
שִׁלְ + ח֨וּ
shil + khu
shilkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    shil-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shil-KHU mi-KEM e-KHAD

  3. clause

    shil-KHU mi-KEM e-KHAD ve-yik-KAKH et-a-khi-KHEM ve-a-TEM he-a-se-RU ve-yib-ba-kha-NU div-rei-KHEM ha-e-MET i-te-KHEM

  4. sentence

    shil-KHU mi-KEM e-KHAD ve-yik-KAKH et-a-khi-KHEM ve-a-TEM he-a-se-RU ve-yib-ba-kha-NU div-rei-KHEM ha-e-MET i-te-KHEM ve-im-LO KHEI far-OH KI me-rag-LIM a-TEM

In contextGenesis 42:16

send from among you one bring your brother and you be confined be tested your words the truth with you and if not by the life of Pharaoh surely spies you are

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:16, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְח֨וּ (shilkhu) 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.42.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.16.W1.S1) and character.