Genesis 1:14:7Gen.1.14.W7PAT

לְהַבְדִּ֕יל

lehavdil

to separate

Transliteration
le-hav-DIL
Extended
leh-hav-DEEL
IPA
/lə.hav.ˈdiːl/

Meaning by language

English
to separate
French
pour séparer
Spanish
para separar
Portuguese
para separar
German
um zu trennen
Russian
чтобы отделять
Arabic-Simplified
لِلْفَصْلِ
Hindi
अलग करने के लिये
Chinese-Simplified
为分开
Korean
나누기 위하여
Indonesian
untuk memisahkan
Bengali
পৃথক করার জন্য
Tagalog
upang paghiwalayin
Swahili
kutenganisha
Amharic
ለመለየት
Yoruba
láti yà
Igbo
ikewapụ
Twi
sɛ ɛbɛpa mu
Ewe
ɖe ɖa

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הַבְ + דִּ֕יל
le + hav + dil
lehavdil

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-hav-DIL

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM

In contextGenesis 1:14

God {And He} said let there be luminaries in the expanse of the skies to separate between the day and the night and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:14, so the Hebrew word לְהַבְדִּ֕יל (lehavdil) 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 Gen.1.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.14.W7.S1) and character.