Deuteronomy 30:16:5Deut.30.16.W5PAT

לְאַהֲבָ֞ה

leahava

to love

Transliteration
le-a-ha-VA
Extended
le-ah-ha-VAH
IPA
/ləʔahaˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
to love
French
aimer
Spanish
amar
Portuguese
amar
German
zu lieben
Russian
любить
Arabic-Simplified
لتحب
Hindi
प्रेम करने
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
사랑하기
Indonesian
mengasihi
Bengali
ভালবাসতে
Tagalog
umibig
Swahili
kupenda
Amharic
ለመውደድ
Yoruba
láti fẹ́
Igbo
ịhụ n'anya
Twi
Ewe
lɔ̃

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + אַ + הֲ + בָ֞ה
le + a + ha + va
leahava

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-a-ha-VA

  2. clause

    a-sher a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM le-a-ha-VA et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-le-KHET bid-ra-KHAV ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAV ve-khuk-ko-TAV u-mish-pa-TAV

  3. sentence

    a-sher a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM le-a-ha-VA et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-le-KHET bid-ra-KHAV ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAV ve-khuk-ko-TAV u-mish-pa-TAV ve-khai-TA ve-ra-VI-ta u-ve-rach-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-A-retz a-sher-a-TA va-sha-MA le-rish-TAH

In contextDeuteronomy 30:16

which I command you today to love LORD your God to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his rules and you shall live and you shall multiply LORD your God and will bless you in the land that you are entering there to possess it

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 30:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 30:16, so the Hebrew word לְאַהֲבָ֞ה (leahava) 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.30.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.16.W5.S1) and character.