Deuteronomy 30:20:18Deut.30.20.W18PAT

לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם

leavraham

to Abraham

Transliteration
le-av-ra-HAM
Extended
leh-av-rah-HAAM
IPA
/ləʔavraˈhaːm/

Meaning by language

English
to Abraham
French
à Abraham
Spanish
a Abraham
Portuguese
a Abraão
German
zu Abraham
Russian
Аврааму
Arabic-Simplified
لإبراهيم
Hindi
अब्राहम को
Chinese-Simplified
给亚伯拉罕
Korean
아브라함에게
Indonesian
kepada Abraham
Bengali
আব্রাহামকে
Tagalog
kay Abraham
Swahili
kwa Ibrahimu
Amharic
ለአብርሃም
Yoruba
sí Abrahamu
Igbo
na Abraham
Twi
Abrɛham
Ewe
na Abraham

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + אַבְ + רָ + הָ֛ם
le + av + ra + ham
leavraham

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-av-ra-HAM

  2. clause

    ki HU khai-YE-kha ve-O-rekh ya-ME-kha la-SHE-vet al-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER nish-BA ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TE-kha le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV la-TET la-HEM

  3. sentence

    le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MO-a be-KO-lo u-le-dav-KA-vo ki HU khai-YE-kha ve-O-rekh ya-ME-kha la-SHE-vet al-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER nish-BA ye-ho-VAH la-a-vo-TE-kha le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV la-TET la-HEM

In contextDeuteronomy 30:20

to love LORD your God to listen to his voice and to cling to him for he is your life and length of your days to dwell upon the land which swore LORD to your fathers to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give to them

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 30:20:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Deuteronomy 30:20, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם (leavraham) 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.30.20.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.20.W18.S1) and character.