Genesis 48:17:7Gen.48.17.W7PAT
אֶפְרַ֖יִם
efrayim
“Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- ef-ra-YIM
- Extended
- ef-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛf.ra.ˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ephraim
- French
- Éphraïm
- Spanish
- Efraín
- Portuguese
- Efraim
- German
- Ephraim
- Russian
- Ефрема
- Arabic-Simplified
- أفرايم
- Hindi
- एप्रैम के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以法莲的
- Korean
- 에브라임의
- Indonesian
- Efraim
- Bengali
- ইফ্রয়িমের
- Tagalog
- Efraim
- Swahili
- Efraimu
- Amharic
- የኤፍሬም
- Yoruba
- Efraimu
- Igbo
- Ifrem
- Twi
- Efraim
- Ewe
- Efraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ef-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM
- clause
va-YAR yo-SEF ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV
- 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 48:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 48:17, so the Hebrew word אֶפְרַ֖יִם (efrayim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.17.W7.S1) and character.