Genesis 12:18:3Gen.12.18.W3PAT

לְאַבְרָ֔ם

leavram

Abram

Transliteration
le-av-RAM
Extended
leh-ahv-RAAM
IPA
/lə.ʔavˈraːm/

Meaning by language

English
Abram
French
Abram
Spanish
Abram
Portuguese
Abrão
German
Abram
Russian
Аврама
Arabic-Simplified
أبرام
Hindi
अब्राम को
Chinese-Simplified
亚伯兰
Korean
아브람을
Indonesian
Abram
Bengali
অব্রামকে
Tagalog
kay Abram
Swahili
Abramu
Amharic
አብራምን
Yoruba
Abramu
Igbo
Abram
Twi
Abram
Ewe
Abram

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Result
לְ + אַבְ + רָ֔ם
le + av + ram
leavram

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-av-RAM

  2. clause

    va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI

  3. sentence

    va-yik-RA far-O le-av-RAM va-YO-mer mah-ZOT a-SI-ta LI LA-ma lo-hi-GAD-ta LI KI ish-te-KHA HI

In contextGenesis 12:18

Pharaoh called Abram said what is this you have done to me why you did not tell to me that she is your wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 12:18, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָ֔ם (leavram) 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.12.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.18.W3.S1) and character.