Genesis 48:16:9Gen.48.16.W9PAT
שְׁמִ֔י
shemi
“my name”
- Transliteration
- she-MI
- Extended
- sheh-MEE
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my name
- French
- mon nom
- Spanish
- mi nombre
- Portuguese
- meu nome
- German
- mein Name
- Russian
- моё имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسمي
- Hindi
- मेरा नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我的名
- Korean
- 내 이름
- Indonesian
- namaku
- Bengali
- আমার নাম
- Tagalog
- pangalan ko
- Swahili
- jina langu
- Amharic
- ስሜ
- Yoruba
- orúkọ mi
- Igbo
- aha m
- Twi
- me din
- Ewe
- nye ŋkɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MI
- clause
ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK
- sentence
ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 48:16
the angel the one redeeming me from all evil bless the boys be called in them my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac may they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁמִ֔י (shemi) 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.48.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W9.S1) and character.