Genesis 48:17:15Gen.48.17.W15PAT
רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַ֖יִם
roshefrayim
“the head of Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- rosh-ef-ra-YIM
- Extended
- rohsh-ef-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /roːʃ.ʔɛf.ra.ˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the head of Ephraim
- French
- la tête d’Éphraïm
- Spanish
- la cabeza de Efraín
- Portuguese
- a cabeça de Efraim
- German
- den Kopf Ephraims
- Russian
- головы Ефрема
- Arabic-Simplified
- رأس أفرايم
- Hindi
- एप्रैम के सिर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以法莲的头
- Korean
- 에브라임의 머리
- Indonesian
- kepala Efraim
- Bengali
- ইফ্রয়িমের মাথা
- Tagalog
- ulo ni Efraim
- Swahili
- kichwa cha Efraimu
- Amharic
- የኤፍሬም ራስ
- Yoruba
- orí ti Efraimu
- Igbo
- isi Ifrem
- Twi
- Efraim ti
- Ewe
- ta Efraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rosh-ef-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL rosh-ef-ra-YIM
- clause
va-yit-MOKH yad-a-VEEV le-ha-SIR o-TAH me-AL rosh-ef-ra-YIM al-ROSH me-na-SHE
- sentence
va-YAR yo-SEF ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV va-yit-MOKH yad-a-VEEV le-ha-SIR o-TAH me-AL rosh-ef-ra-YIM al-ROSH me-na-SHE
In context — Genesis 48:17
{And} {he} saw Joseph that laid his father his right hand on the head of Ephraim {And} it was bad in his eyes he grasped the hand of his father to remove it from upon the head of Ephraim onto the head of Manasseh
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 48:17, so the Hebrew word רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַ֖יִם (roshefrayim) 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.48.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.17.W15.S1) and character.