Genesis 12:19:8Gen.12.19.W8PAT
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
leishsha
“for a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a wife
- French
- pour épouse
- Spanish
- por esposa
- Portuguese
- por esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِزَوْجَةٍ
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- ለሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹgẹ bi aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-SHA
- clause
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
la-MA a-mar-TA a-kho-TI HI va-e-KAKH o-TAH LI le-ish-SHA ve-a-TA hi-NE ish-te-KHA KAKH va-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:19
why did you say she my sister and I took her for me for a wife and now behold your wife take and go
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 12:19, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (leishsha) 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.12.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.19.W8.S1) and character.