Genesis 6:13:3Gen.6.13.W3TAB

לְנֹ֗חַ

lenoakh

to Noah

Transliteration
le-NO-akh
Extended
leh-NOH-ahkh
IPA
/ləˈnoː.aħ/

Meaning by language

English
to Noah

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Result
לְ + נֹ֗ + חַ
le + no + akh
lenoakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-NO-akh

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets

Exegesis

Elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘God’ follows immediately in a VSO order, with le-Noach {לְנֹחַ | lə-nō-aḥ} ‘to Noah’ as the indirect object, highlighting divine initiative.

Root and etymology

n-w-ḥnun–vav–chet

to rest, settle

In contextGenesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; and now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 6:13, so the Hebrew word לְנֹ֗חַ (lenoakh) 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.6.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.13.W3.S1) and character.