Deuteronomy 17:9:3Deut.17.9.W3PAT

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

haleveeyim

the Levites

Transliteration
ha-le-vee-YIM
Extended
hah-leh-VEE-YEEM
IPA
/haləviˈjiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the Levites
French
les Lévites
Spanish
los levitas
Portuguese
os levitas
German
die Leviten
Russian
левиты
Arabic-Simplified
اللاويون
Hindi
लेवीवंशी
Chinese-Simplified
利未人
Korean
레위인들
Indonesian
orang Lewi
Bengali
লেবীয়রা
Tagalog
mga Levita
Swahili
Walawi
Amharic
ሌዋውያን
Yoruba
àwọn ọmọ Lefi
Igbo
ụmụ Livi
Twi
Lewifoɔ
Ewe
Leviwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + לְ + וִ + יִּ֔ם
ha + le + vee + yim
haleveeyim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-le-vee-YIM

  2. clause

    oo-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM ha-le-vee-YIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM

  3. sentence

    oo-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM ha-le-vee-YIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ve-da-rash-TA ve-hig-GI-du le-KHA ET de-VAR ham-mish-PAT

In contextDeuteronomy 17:9

and you shall come to the priests the Levites and to the judge who shall be in the days those and you shall consult and they shall declare to you matter the judgment

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 17:9, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (haleveeyim) 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.17.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.9.W3.S1) and character.