Genesis 1:17:6Gen.1.17.W6PAT
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 éclairer
- Spanish
- para alumbrar
- Portuguese
- para iluminar
- German
- um Licht zu geben
- Russian
- давать свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيُضِيءَ
- Hindi
- प्रकाश देने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 照亮
- Korean
- 비추려고
- Indonesian
- untuk menerangi
- Bengali
- আলো দিতে
- Tagalog
- upang magbigay-liwanag
- Swahili
- kuangaza
- Amharic
- ለማብራት
- Yoruba
- láti tan ìmọ́lẹ̀
- Igbo
- iji nye ìhè
- Twi
- hyerɛn
- Ewe
- be ye kekeli
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + הָ + אִ֖יר
↓
le + ha + ir
↓
lehair
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-IR
- clause
le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM e-lo-HIM bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:17
God {And He} placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:17, 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.1.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.17.W6.S1) and character.