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

Result
עַל + שְׁ + כֶ֣ם
al + she + khem
alshekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-she-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.