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

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Result
אֶפְ + רַ֙ + יִם֙
ef + ra + yim
efrayim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ef-RA-yim

  2. clause

    ef-RA-yim u-me-na-SHE ki-re-u-VEN ve-shim-ON yih-yu-LI

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.