Deuteronomy 18:1:3Deut.18.1.W3PAT

הַלְוִיִּ֜ם

halveeyeem

the Levites

Transliteration
hal-VEE-YEEM
Extended
hal-VEE-YEEM
IPA
/hal.viˈjiːm/

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַלְ + וִ + יִּ֜ם
hal + vee + yeem
halveeyeem

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the 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

    hal-VEE-YEEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-ko-ha-NEEM hal-VEE-YEEM

  3. clause

    LOH-yih-heh-YEH la-ko-ha-NEEM hal-VEE-YEEM kol-SHE-vet le-VEE HE-lek ve-na-kha-LAH im-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    LOH-yih-heh-YEH la-ko-ha-NEEM hal-VEE-YEEM kol-SHE-vet le-VEE HE-lek ve-na-kha-LAH im-yis-ra-EL i-SHEE Ye-ho-VAH ve-na-kha-la-TO yo-khe-LOON

In contextDeuteronomy 18:1

the Levites shall have no for the priests all the tribe of Levi portion and inheritance with Israel the fire offerings LORD and his inheritance shall eat

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 18:1, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֜ם (halveeyeem) 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.1.W3.S1) and character.