Exodus 8:20:17Exod.8.20.W17PATWLC Exodus 8:16
שַׁלַּ֥ח
shallakh
“let go”
- Transliteration
- shal-LAKH
- Extended
- shahl-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- let go
- French
- laisse partir
- Spanish
- deja ir
- Portuguese
- deixa ir
- German
- lass ziehen
- Russian
- отпусти
- Arabic-Simplified
- أطلق
- Hindi
- जाने दे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 放走
- Korean
- 보내라
- Indonesian
- lepaskanlah
- Bengali
- ছেড়ে দাও
- Tagalog
- palayain mo
- Swahili
- waache waende
- Amharic
- ልቀቅ
- Yoruba
- jẹ ki o lọ
- Igbo
- hapụ
- Twi
- gyaa
- Ewe
- na yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shal-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
shal-LAKH am-MI
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta e-LAV KOH a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH shal-LAKH am-MI ve-ya-av-DU-ni
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma ve-a-MAR-ta e-LAV KOH a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH shal-LAKH am-MI ve-ya-av-DU-ni
In context — Exodus 8:20
and he said LORD to Moses rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh behold he is going out to the water and you shall say to him thus says LORD let go my people that they may serve me
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 8:20, so the Hebrew word שַׁלַּ֥ח (shallakh) 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.8.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.20.W17.S1) and character.