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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ra-AH
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.