Genesis 18:11:8Gen.18.11.W8TAB

לְשָׂרָ֔ה

lesara

“for Sarah”

Transliteration: le-sa-RA
Extended: leh-sah-RAA
IPA: /lə.saːˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: for Sarah

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Result

לְ + שָׂ + רָ֔ה

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le + sa + ra

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lesara

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
le-sa-RA
phraseyour reading level
li-he-YOT le-sa-RA
clause
kha-DAL li-he-YOT le-sa-RA O-rakh ka-na-SHIM
sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA ze-ke-NIM ba-IM ba-ya-MIM kha-DAL li-he-YOT le-sa-RA O-rakh ka-na-SHIM

Exegesis

In the second clause, khadal lihyot le-Sarah {חָדַל לִהְי֣וֹת לְשָׂרָ֔ה | ḥā-ḏal lih-yôṯ lə-śā-rāh} uses the perfect verb khadal ‘it had ceased’ with the infinitive lihyot ‘to be’ to express a completed state of cessation for Sarah.

In context — Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old , far along in days, and the way of women had ceased to be for Sarah.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:11, so the Hebrew word לְשָׂרָ֔ה (lesara) 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.18.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.11.W8.S1) and character.

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