Deuteronomy 14:23:19Deut.14.23.W19PAT

לְיִרְאָ֛ה

leyirah

to fear

Transliteration
le-yir-AH
Extended
leh-yeer-AA
IPA
/ləjirˈʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
to fear
French
à craindre
Spanish
a temer
Portuguese
temer
German
zu fürchten
Russian
бояться
Arabic-Simplified
أن تخاف
Hindi
डरना
Chinese-Simplified
敬畏
Korean
두려워하다
Indonesian
untuk takut
Bengali
ভয় করতে
Tagalog
matakot
Swahili
kumcha
Amharic
ለመፍራት
Yoruba
láti bẹ̀rù
Igbo
ịtụ egwu
Twi
sɛ wobɛsuro
Ewe
vɔ̃

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + יִרְ + אָ֛ה
le + yir + ah
leyirah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    le-yir-AH

  2. clause

    le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM

  3. sentence

    ve-a-khal-TA lihf-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM

In contextDeuteronomy 14:23

eat the tithe your grain your wine and your oil and firstborn of your herd and your flock before LORD your God in the place that he will choose to make dwell his name there so that learn to fear LORD your God all the days

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:23:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word לְיִרְאָ֛ה (leyirah) 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.14.23.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W19.S1) and character.