Genesis 9:13:5Gen.9.13.W5TAB
לְא֣וֹת
leot
“a sign of”
- Transliteration
- le-OT
- Extended
- leh-OHT
- IPA
- /lə.ˈʔoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sign of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-OT
- phraseyour reading level
le-OT be-RIT
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA le-OT be-RIT bei-NI u-VEIN ha-A-rets
- sentence
et-kash-TI na-TAT-ti be-a-NAN ve-ha-ye-TA le-OT be-RIT bei-NI u-VEIN ha-A-rets
Exegesis
This verb takes the complement le'ot {לְא֣וֹת | lə-ʾôṯ} ‘for a sign’, a purpose or result phrase that describes the bow’s function, further specified by the construct berit {בְּרִ֔ית | bə-rît} ‘of a covenant’, forming the unit ‘for a sign of a covenant’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-w-t
“sign, mark”
In context — Genesis 9:13
My bow I have set in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 9:13, so the Hebrew word לְא֣וֹת (leot) 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.9.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.13.W5.S1) and character.