Deuteronomy 20:10:7Deut.20.10.W7PAT
לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
leshalom
“for peace”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-LOM
- Extended
- leh-shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ləʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for peace
- French
- pour la paix
- Spanish
- para la paz
- Portuguese
- para a paz
- German
- für den Frieden
- Russian
- для мира
- Arabic-Simplified
- للسلام
- Hindi
- शांति के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了和平
- Korean
- 평화를 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk damai
- Bengali
- শান্তির জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa kapayapaan
- Swahili
- kwa amani
- Amharic
- ለሰላም
- Yoruba
- fún àlàáfíà
- Igbo
- maka udo
- Twi
- na asomdwoeɛ
- Ewe
- na asomdwoe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + שָׁ + לֽוֹם׃
↓
le + sha + lom
↓
leshalom
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-LOM
- clause
ve-ka-RA-ta e-LE-HA le-sha-LOM
- sentence
kee-tik-RAV el-EER le-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-HA ve-ka-RA-ta e-LE-HA le-sha-LOM
In context — Deuteronomy 20:10
When you draw near to a city to fight against it and you shall call to it for peace
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 20:10, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (leshalom) 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.20.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.10.W7.S1) and character.