Genesis 48:5:11Gen.48.5.W11PAT
אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙
efrayim
“Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- ef-RA-yim
- Extended
- ehf-RAH-yim
- IPA
- /ʔɛf.ˈra.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ephraim
- French
- Éphraïm
- Spanish
- Efraín
- Portuguese
- Efraim
- German
- Ephraim
- Russian
- Ефрем
- Arabic-Simplified
- أفرايم
- Hindi
- एप्रैम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以法莲
- Korean
- 에브라임
- Indonesian
- Efraim
- Bengali
- ইফ্রয়িম
- Tagalog
- Efraim
- Swahili
- Efraimu
- Amharic
- ኤፍሬም
- Yoruba
- Efraimu
- Igbo
- Efraim
- 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
- clause
ef-RA-yim u-me-na-SHE ki-re-u-VEN ve-shim-ON yih-yu-LI
- sentence
ve-at-TA shnei-va-NE-kha ha-no-la-DIM le-KHA be-E-rets mits-RA-yim ad-bo-I e-LE-kha mits-RAI-mah li-HEM ef-RA-yim u-me-na-SHE ki-re-u-VEN ve-shim-ON yih-yu-LI
In context — Genesis 48:5
and now your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before my coming to you in Egypt are mine Ephraim and Manasseh like Reuben and Simeon shall be mine
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 48:5, so the Hebrew word אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (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.48.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.5.W11.S1) and character.