Leviticus 21:6:6Lev.21.6.W6PAT
שֵׁ֖ם
shem
“the name”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name
- French
- le nom
- Spanish
- el nombre
- Portuguese
- o nome
- German
- der Name
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- الاسم
- Hindi
- नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 名
- Korean
- 이름
- Indonesian
- nama
- Bengali
- নাম
- Tagalog
- ang pangalan
- Swahili
- jina
- Amharic
- ስም
- Yoruba
- orukọ náà
- Igbo
- aha ahụ
- Twi
- din no
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ la
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
SHEM
- clause
ke-do-SHIM yih-YOO leh-eh-lo-HEH-hem ve-LO yeh-khal-LEH-loo SHEM e-lo-HEH-hem
- sentence
ke-do-SHIM yih-YOO leh-eh-lo-HEH-hem ve-LO yeh-khal-LEH-loo SHEM e-lo-HEH-hem KEE et-ih-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH LE-khem e-lo-HEH-hem HEM mak-ri-VIM veh-ha-YOO KO-desh
In context — Leviticus 21:6
they be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God for offer the offerings of LORD the bread of their God be holy
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:6:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 21:6, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֖ם (shem) 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 Lev.21.6.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.6.W6.S1) and character.