Genesis 2:9:7Gen.2.9.W7TAB
לְמַרְאֶ֖ה
lemareh
“to the sight”
- Transliteration
- le-mar-EH
- Extended
- leh-mar-EH
- IPA
- /lə.mar.ˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-mar-EH
- phraseyour reading level
nekh-MAD le-mar-EH
- clause
va-yats-MAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-da-MA kahl-ETS nekh-MAD le-mar-EH ve-TOV le-ma-a-KHAL
- sentence
va-yats-MAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-da-MA kahl-ETS nekh-MAD le-mar-EH ve-TOV le-ma-a-KHAL ve-ETS ha-khai-YIM be-TOKH ha-GAN ve-ETS ha-DA-at TOV va-RA
Exegesis
The chain kol-ets nekhmad le-mar’eh ve-tov le-ma’akhal {כָּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל | kāl-ʿēṣ neḥ-māḏ lə-mar-ʾeh wə-ṭôḇ lə-ma-ʾă-ḵāl} functions as the direct object, with two parallel lə-phrases (“for appearance” and “for food”) expressing a dual design: visual delight and practical nourishment.
In context — Genesis 2:9
And the LORD God caused every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food to grow from the ground, and the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 2:9, so the Hebrew word לְמַרְאֶ֖ה (lemareh) 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.2.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.9.W7.S1) and character.