Genesis 1:29:19Gen.1.29.W19PAT
לְאָכְלָֽה׃
leokhla
“for food”
- Transliteration
- le-okh-LA
- Extended
- leh-ohkh-LAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔɔx.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for food
- French
- pour nourriture
- Spanish
- para alimento
- Portuguese
- para alimento
- German
- zur Nahrung
- Russian
- в пищу
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِلطَّعَامِ
- Hindi
- भोजन के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 食物
- Korean
- 음식으로
- Indonesian
- sebagai makanan
- Bengali
- খাদ্যের জন্য
- Tagalog
- bilang pagkain
- Swahili
- kwa chakula
- Amharic
- ለምግብ
- Yoruba
- fún oúnjẹ
- Igbo
- maka nri
- Twi
- sɛ aduan
- Ewe
- na nuɖuɖu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-okh-LA
- clause
la-KHEM yih-YE le-okh-LA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM hin-NE na-TAT-ti la-KHEM et-kol-E-sev zo-RE-a ZE-ra a-SHER al-pe-NE kol-ha-A-rets ve-et-kol-ha-ETS a-sher-BO fe-ree-EHTS zo-RE-a ZA-ra la-KHEM yih-YE le-okh-LA
In context — Genesis 1:29
God {And He} said behold I have given to you every herb yielding seed that on the face of all the earth and every tree in which fruit of a tree yielding seed for you shall be for food
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:29:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 1:29, so the Hebrew word לְאָכְלָֽה׃ (leokhla) 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.1.29.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.29.W19.S1) and character.