Deuteronomy 29:21:3Deut.29.21.W3PATWLC Deuteronomy 29:20

לְרָעָ֔ה

leraah

for calamity

Transliteration
le-ra-AH
Extended
leh-raa-AH
IPA
/lə.raˈʕaː/

Meaning by language

English
for calamity
French
pour le malheur
Spanish
para calamidad
Portuguese
para calamidade
German
für Unheil
Russian
для бедствия
Arabic-Simplified
لبلية
Hindi
विपत्ति के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为灾祸
Korean
재앙을 위해
Indonesian
untuk malapetaka
Bengali
বিপর্যয়ের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa kapahamakan
Swahili
kwa maafa
Amharic
ለመከራ
Yoruba
fún ìjàmbá
Igbo
maka ọdachi
Twi
sɛ amanehunu
Ewe
fɔ nuvɔ̃

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Result
לְ + רָ + עָ֔ה
le + ra + ah
leraah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ra-AH

  2. sentence

    ve-hiv-di-LO Ye-ho-VAH le-ra-AH mi-KOL shiv-TEH yis-ra-EL ke-KOL AH-LOHT ha-BREET hak-tu-VAH be-SE-fer ha-to-RAH

In contextDeuteronomy 29:21

LORD set apart for calamity from all tribes of Israel according to all curses of the covenant written in the book of the law

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 29:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 29:21, so the Hebrew word לְרָעָ֔ה (leraah) 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.29.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.29.21.W3.S1) and character.