Genesis 12:8:5Gen.12.8.W5PAT
לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל
leveitel
“Bethel”
- Transliteration
- le-veit-EL
- Extended
- leh-veit-EHL
- IPA
- /lə.veːθ.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bethel
- French
- Béthel
- Spanish
- Betel
- Portuguese
- Betel
- German
- Bethel
- Russian
- Вефиля
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَيْتِ إِيلَ
- Hindi
- बेतेल के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 伯特利的
- Korean
- 벧엘의
- Indonesian
- Betel
- Bengali
- বেতেলের
- Tagalog
- Betel
- Swahili
- Betheli
- Amharic
- ቤቴል
- Yoruba
- Bẹtẹli
- Igbo
- Betel
- Twi
- Bet-El
- Ewe
- Betel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-veit-EL
- clause
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO
- sentence
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 12:8
from there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel he pitched his tent Bethel on the west and Ai on the east he built there an altar to the LORD he called on the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל (leveitel) 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.12.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W5.S1) and character.