Genesis 11:3:6Gen.11.3.W6PAT

לְבֵנִ֔ים

lehveneem

bricks

Transliteration
leh-ve-NEEM
Extended
leh-veh-NEEM
IPA
/lə.veːˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
bricks
French
des briques
Spanish
ladrillos
Portuguese
tijolos
German
Ziegel
Russian
кирпичи
Arabic-Simplified
لبنات
Hindi
ईंटें
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
벽돌
Indonesian
bata
Bengali
ইট
Tagalog
mga ladrilyo
Swahili
matofali
Amharic
ጡቦች
Yoruba
bíríkì
Igbo
brik
Twi
brik
Ewe
brikiwo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + בֵ + נִ֔ים
leh + ve + neem
lehveneem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-ve-NEEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 11:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word לְבֵנִ֔ים (lehveneem) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W6.S1) and character.