Genesis 1:16:8Gen.1.16.W8PAT
לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת
lememshelet
“to rule over”
- Transliteration
- le-mem-SHE-let
- Extended
- leh-mehm-SHEH-leht
- IPA
- /lə.mɛm.ˈʃɛ.lɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to rule over
- French
- pour gouverner
- Spanish
- para gobernar
- Portuguese
- para governar
- German
- zur Herrschaft über
- Russian
- для владычества над
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِلسُّلْطَةِ عَلَى
- Hindi
- पर शासन करने के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 掌管
- Korean
- 다스리도록
- Indonesian
- untuk menguasai
- Bengali
- উপর শাসন করার জন্য
- Tagalog
- upang mamahala sa
- Swahili
- kutawala juu ya
- Amharic
- ለመግዛት
- Yoruba
- láti ṣàkóso lórí
- Igbo
- iji chịa n'elu
- Twi
- di so
- Ewe
- ɖu dzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mem-SHE-let
- phraseyour reading level
le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM
- clause
et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM
In context — Genesis 1:16
God {And He} made the two great luminaries greater the luminary to rule over the day lesser and the luminary to rule over the night and the stars
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת (lememshelet) 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.1.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W8.S1) and character.