Deuteronomy 18:7:6Deut.18.7.W6PAT

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

halveyim

the Levites

Transliteration
hal-ve-YIM
Extended
hal-veh-YEEM
IPA
/halvəˈjiːm/

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 लोग
Chinese-Simplified
利未人
Korean
레위인들
Indonesian
orang-orang Lewi
Bengali
লেবীয়রা
Tagalog
mga Levita
Swahili
Walawi
Amharic
ሌዋውያን
Yoruba
àwọn ọmọ Lefi
Igbo
ndị Livaị
Twi
Lewifoɔ
Ewe
Levitetɔwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַלְ + וִ + יִּ֔ם
hal + ve + yim
halveyim

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-ve-YIM

  2. clause

    ke-KHOL-e-KHAV hal-ve-YIM ha-om-DEEM SHAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    ve-she-RET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-KHOL-e-KHAV hal-ve-YIM ha-om-DEEM SHAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

In contextDeuteronomy 18:7

like all his brothers the Levites minister in the name of LORD his God who stand there before LORD

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 18:7, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (halveyim) 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.18.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.7.W6.S1) and character.