Genesis 6:10:5Gen.6.10.W5PAT
אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם
etshem
“Shem”
- Transliteration
- et-SHEM
- Extended
- eht-SHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛθ.ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shem
- French
- Sem
- Spanish
- Sem
- Portuguese
- Sem
- German
- Sem
- Russian
- Сима
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَام
- Hindi
- शेम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 闪
- Korean
- 셈
- Indonesian
- Sem
- Bengali
- শেম
- Tagalog
- Sem
- Swahili
- Shemu
- Amharic
- ሴም
- Yoruba
- Ṣemu
- Igbo
- Shem
- Twi
- Sem
- Ewe
- Sem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶת + שֵׁ֖ם
↓
et + shem
↓
etshem
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-SHEM
- clause
et-SHEM et-KHAM ve-et-YA-fet
- sentence
va-YO-led NO-akh she-lo-SHA va-NIM et-SHEM et-KHAM ve-et-YA-fet
In context — Genesis 6:10
Noah fathered three sons Shem Ham and Japheth
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 6:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם (etshem) 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.6.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.10.W5.S1) and character.