Genesis 1:15:5Gen.1.15.W5PAT
לְהָאִ֖יר
lehair
“to give light”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-IR
- Extended
- leh-hah-EER
- IPA
- /lə.haː.ˈʔiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to give light
- French
- pour donner de la lumière
- Spanish
- para dar luz
- Portuguese
- para dar luz
- German
- um Licht zu geben
- Russian
- чтобы давать свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيُضِيئُوا
- Hindi
- प्रकाश देने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 照亮
- Korean
- 비추도록
- Indonesian
- untuk memberi terang
- Bengali
- আলো দেওয়ার জন্য
- Tagalog
- upang magbigay-liwanag
- Swahili
- kutoa nuru
- Amharic
- ለማብራት
- Yoruba
- láti tan ìmọ́lẹ̀
- Igbo
- iji nye ìhè
- Twi
- sɛ ɛma hann
- Ewe
- be woana kekeli
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-IR
- clause
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets va-ye-HI-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:15
lights and let them be in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:15, so the Hebrew word לְהָאִ֖יר (lehair) 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.1.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.15.W5.S1) and character.