Genesis 7:12:2Gen.7.12.W2PAT

הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם

hageshem

the rain

Transliteration
ha-GE-shem
Extended
hah-GEH-shehm
IPA
/haɡ.ˈɡɛ.ʃɛm/

Meaning by language

English
the rain
French
la pluie
Spanish
la lluvia
Portuguese
a chuva
German
der Regen
Russian
дождь
Arabic-Simplified
المطر
Hindi
वर्षा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
hujan
Bengali
বৃষ্টি
Tagalog
ang ulan
Swahili
mvua
Amharic
ዝናቡ
Yoruba
ojò náà
Igbo
mmiri ozuzo ahụ
Twi
osu no
Ewe
tsi la

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Result
הַ + גֶּ֖ + שֶׁם
ha + ge + shem
hageshem

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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  1. word

    ha-GE-shem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la

In contextGenesis 7:12

the rain {And} fell upon the land forty days and forty nights

About this coordinate

Genesis 7:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 7:12, so the Hebrew word הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם (hageshem) 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.7.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.12.W2.S1) and character.