Genesis 18:30:4Gen.18.30.W4TAB
לֽ͏ַאדֹנָי֙
ladonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- la-do-NAI
- Extended
- lah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /la.ðoˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
la-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
yi-KHAR la-do-NAI
- clause
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
The verb yichar {יִחַר | yi-ḥar} ‘let it burn’ is a Qal imperfect used jussively, idiomatically referring to anger flaring; together with the indirect object laAdonai {לַֽאדֹנָי | la-ʾă-ḏō-nāy} ‘to my Lord’, the sense is “may my Lord’s anger not burn.”
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph-Dalet-Nun
“lord, master”
In context — Genesis 18:30
And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:30, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ַאדֹנָי֙ (ladonai) 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.18.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W4.S1) and character.