Deuteronomy 5:11:7Deut.5.11.W7PAT
לַשָּׁ֑וְא
lashav
“in vain”
- Transliteration
- la-SHAV
- Extended
- lah-SHAHV
- IPA
- /laˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in vain
- French
- en vain
- Spanish
- en vano
- Portuguese
- em vão
- German
- vergeblich
- Russian
- напрасно
- Arabic-Simplified
- باطلاً
- Hindi
- व्यर्थ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 徒然
- Korean
- 헛되이
- Indonesian
- sia-sia
- Bengali
- বৃথা
- Tagalog
- walang kabuluhan
- Swahili
- bure
- Amharic
- በከንቱ
- Yoruba
- asán
- Igbo
- efu
- Twi
- kwa ɔkwa
- Ewe
- fũ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHAV
- clause
LO ti-SA ET SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SHAV
- sentence
LO ti-SA ET SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SHAV KI LO ye-na-KE Ye-ho-VAH ET a-SHER yi-SA ET she-MO la-SHAV
In context — Deuteronomy 5:11
not take up name LORD your God in vain for not acquit LORD who takes up his name in vain
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 5:11, so the Hebrew word לַשָּׁ֑וְא (lashav) 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.5.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.11.W7.S1) and character.