Genesis 19:20:9Gen.19.20.W9TAB
אִמָּלְטָ֨ה
immalta
“let me escape”
- Transliteration
- im-mal-TA
- Extended
- im-maal-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔim.maːl.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me escape
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-mal-TA
- phraseyour reading level
im-mal-TA NA
- clause
im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
- sentence
hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
Root and etymology
RootMem–Lamed–Tet
“to escape, slip away”
In context — Genesis 19:20
See now, this city lies close for flight, and it is small. Please let me escape there—surely it is but a small place?—so that my soul may live.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word אִמָּלְטָ֨ה (immalta) 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.19.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W9.S1) and character.