Deuteronomy 7:6:11Deut.7.6.W11PAT
לִהְי֥וֹת
lihhyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-HYOT
- Extended
- lih-HYOHT
- IPA
- /lihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- être
- Spanish
- ser
- Portuguese
- ser
- German
- sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يكون
- Hindi
- होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হওয়া
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- jẹ
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- bɛyɛ
- Ewe
- be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lih-HYOT
- phraseyour reading level
lih-HYOT LO
- clause
be-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lih-HYOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lih-HYOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
In context — Deuteronomy 7:6
for you a people holy to the LORD your God LORD your God has chosen in you from all the peoples who on the face of the earth to be for him for a people treasured possession
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 7:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 7:6, so the Hebrew word לִהְי֥וֹת (lihhyot) 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.7.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.7.6.W11.S1) and character.