Genesis 11:3:12Gen.11.3.W12PAT
לְאָ֔בֶן
leaven
“as stone”
- Transliteration
- le-A-ven
- Extended
- leh-AA-vehn
- IPA
- /ləˈʔaː.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- as stone
- French
- comme pierre
- Spanish
- como piedra
- Portuguese
- como pedra
- German
- wie Stein
- Russian
- как камень
- Arabic-Simplified
- كحجر
- Hindi
- पत्थर के समान
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作为石头
- Korean
- 돌로
- Indonesian
- sebagai batu
- Bengali
- পাথরের মতো
- Tagalog
- na parang bato
- Swahili
- kama jiwe
- Amharic
- እንደ ድንጋይ
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí òkúta
- Igbo
- dịka nkume
- Twi
- sɛ ɔbo
- Ewe
- abe kpe
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' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-A-ven
- clause
va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
- sentence
va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
In context — Genesis 11:3
each one {And} they said to his fellow come let us make bricks {And} let us burn for burning the brick {And} became for them as stone and the bitumen was for them for mortar
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word לְאָ֔בֶן (leaven) 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.11.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W12.S1) and character.