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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hal-VEE-YEEM
- phraseyour reading level
la-ko-ha-NEEM hal-VEE-YEEM
- 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
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.