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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + שָּׁ֑וְא
la + shav
lashav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-SHAV

  2. clause

    LO ti-SA ET SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SHAV

  3. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.