Genesis 9:23:6Gen.9.23.W6PAT
עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם
alshekhem
“on the shoulders of”
- Transliteration
- al-she-KHEM
- Extended
- ahl-sheh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the shoulders of
- French
- sur les épaules de
- Spanish
- sobre los hombros de
- Portuguese
- sobre os ombros de
- German
- auf den Schultern von
- Russian
- на плечи
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَلَى كَتِفَيْ
- Hindi
- कंधों पर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 肩上
- Korean
- 어깨 위에
- Indonesian
- di atas bahu
- Bengali
- কাঁধের উপর
- Tagalog
- sa mga balikat ng
- Swahili
- juu ya mabega ya
- Amharic
- በትከሻዎች ላይ
- Yoruba
- lori awọn ejika ti
- Igbo
- n'ubu nke
- Twi
- wɔn mmati so
- Ewe
- ɖe abɔta dzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM
- clause
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U
In context — Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם (alshekhem) 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.9.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W6.S1) and character.