Deuteronomy 16:11:23Deut.16.11.W23PAT
לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן
leshaken
“to cause to dwell”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KEN
- Extended
- leh-sha-KEHN
- IPA
- /ləʃakˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cause to dwell
- French
- faire demeurer
- Spanish
- hacer morar
- Portuguese
- fazer habitar
- German
- wohnen lassen
- Russian
- поселить
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيُسْكِنَ
- Hindi
- बसाने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 使居住
- Korean
- 거하게 하다
- Indonesian
- membuat tinggal
- Bengali
- বাস করাতে
- Tagalog
- upang magpatira
- Swahili
- kufanya ikae
- Amharic
- እንዲኖር ማድረግ
- Yoruba
- láti mú kí ó gbé
- Igbo
- ime ka ọ biri
- Twi
- ma ne din tena hɔ
- Ewe
- na wòɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-KEN she-MO
- clause
ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
- sentence
veh-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
rejoice before LORD your God in the place which will choose LORD your God to cause to dwell his name there you and your son and your daughter and your male servant and your female servant and the Levite who in your gates and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who in your midst
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (leshaken) 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.16.11.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W23.S1) and character.