Genesis 50:16:2Gen.50.16.W2PAT
אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף
elyosef
“to Joseph”
- Transliteration
- el-yo-SEF
- Extended
- ehl-yoh-SEHF
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.joˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Joseph
- French
- à Joseph
- Spanish
- a José
- Portuguese
- a José
- German
- zu Josef
- Russian
- Иосифу
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى يوسف
- Hindi
- यूसुफ को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对约瑟
- Korean
- 요셉에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Yusuf
- Bengali
- যোষেফকে
- Tagalog
- kay Jose
- Swahili
- kwa Yosefu
- Amharic
- ለዮሴፍ
- Yoruba
- sí Josefu
- Igbo
- nye Josef
- Twi
- maa Yosef
- Ewe
- na Yosef
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶל + יוֹ + סֵ֖ף
↓
el + yo + sef
↓
elyosef
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-yo-SEF
- clause
va-ye-tsav-VU el-yo-SEF le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-tsav-VU el-yo-SEF le-MOR a-VI-kha tsiv-VA lif-NEI mo-TO le-MOR
In context — Genesis 50:16
and they commanded to Joseph saying your father commanded before his death saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 50:16, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף (elyosef) 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.50.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.16.W2.S1) and character.