Genesis 42:17:3Gen.42.17.W3PAT
אֶל־מִשְׁמָ֖ר
elmishmar
“into custody”
- Transliteration
- el-mish-MAR
- Extended
- ehl-mish-MAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.miʃ.ˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- into custody
- French
- en détention
- Spanish
- en custodia
- Portuguese
- em custódia
- German
- in Gewahrsam
- Russian
- под стражу
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي الْحَبْسِ
- Hindi
- हिरासत में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在拘押中
- Korean
- 구금 상태에
- Indonesian
- dalam tahanan
- Bengali
- হেফাজতে
- Tagalog
- sa kustodiya
- Swahili
- katika kifungo
- Amharic
- በእስር ውስጥ
- Yoruba
- sí àhámọ́
- Igbo
- n'ime njide
- Twi
- too ahwɛaseɛ mu
- Ewe
- le gaxɔ me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶל + מִשְׁ + מָ֖ר
↓
el + mish + mar
↓
elmishmar
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM el-mish-MAR she-LO-shet ya-MIM
In context — Genesis 42:17
he put them into custody for three days
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 42:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִשְׁמָ֖ר (elmishmar) 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.42.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.17.W3.S1) and character.