Deuteronomy 26:18:4Deut.26.18.W4PAT
לִהְי֥וֹת
lihyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-YOT
- Extended
- lih-YOHT
- IPA
- /lihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- être
- Spanish
- ser
- Portuguese
- ser
- German
- sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يكون
- Hindi
- होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হওয়া
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lih-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
lih-YOT lo
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH heh-eh-meer-KHA ha-YOM lih-YOT lo le-AM seh-goo-LAH ka-a-SHER dib-ber-LAKH
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH heh-eh-meer-KHA ha-YOM lih-YOT lo le-AM seh-goo-LAH ka-a-SHER dib-ber-LAKH ve-lish-MOR kol-mits-vo-TAV
In context — Deuteronomy 26:18
and the LORD has declared you today to be for him for a people treasured possession just as spoke to you and to keep all his commandments
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 26:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 26:18, so the Hebrew word לִהְי֥וֹת (lihyot) 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.26.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.26.18.W4.S1) and character.