Deuteronomy 14:2:10Deut.14.2.W10PAT
לִֽהְי֥וֹת
lihyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-YOT
- Extended
- lih-YOHT
- IPA
- /lih.ˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- être
- Spanish
- ser
- Portuguese
- ser
- German
- zu sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يكون
- Hindi
- होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되기
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হওয়ার
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- lati jẹ
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- sɛ
- Ewe
- be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lih-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
lih-YOT LO
- clause
u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mih-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mih-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
In context — Deuteronomy 14:2
for you a people holy to the LORD your God LORD has chosen and in you to be to him for a people treasured possession from all the peoples who on the face of the earth
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 14:2, so the Hebrew word לִֽהְי֥וֹת (lihyot) 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 Deut.14.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.2.W10.S1) and character.