Exodus 4:18:20Exod.4.18.W20PAT

לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

leshalom

in peace

Transliteration
le-sha-LOM
Extended
leh-shah-LOHM
IPA
/lə.ʃa.ˈloːm/

Meaning by language

English
in peace
French
en paix
Spanish
en paz
Portuguese
em paz
German
in Frieden
Russian
с миром
Arabic-Simplified
بسلام
Hindi
शांति से
Chinese-Simplified
平安地
Korean
평안히
Indonesian
dengan damai
Bengali
শান্তিতে
Tagalog
na may kapayapaan
Swahili
kwa amani
Amharic
በሰላም
Yoruba
ní àlàáfíà
Igbo
n'udo
Twi
asomdwoe mu
Ewe
le ŋutifafa me

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Result
לְ + שָׁ + לֽוֹם׃
le + sha + lom
leshalom

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-sha-LOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LEKH le-sha-LOM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM

  4. sentence

    va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM

In contextExodus 4:18

and went Moses and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him let me go please and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive and said Jethro to Moses go in peace

About this coordinate

Exodus 4:18:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Exodus 4:18, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (leshalom) 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 Exod.4.18.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.18.W20.S1) and character.