Genesis 14:18:9Gen.14.18.W9PAT

לְאֵ֥ל

leel

God

Transliteration
le-EL
Extended
leh-EHL
IPA
/ləˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
God
French
Dieu
Spanish
Dios
Portuguese
Deus
German
Gottes
Russian
Бога
Arabic-Simplified
لِلَّهِ
Hindi
परमेश्वर का
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
하나님의
Indonesian
Allah
Bengali
ঈশ্বরের
Tagalog
Diyos
Swahili
Mungu
Amharic
የእግዚአብሔር
Yoruba
Ọlọrun
Igbo
Chineke
Twi
Onyankopɔn
Ewe
Mawu

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Result
לְ + אֵ֥ל
le + el
leel

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-EL el-YON

  3. clause

    ve-HU kho-HEN le-EL el-YON

  4. sentence

    u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin ve-HU kho-HEN le-EL el-YON

In contextGenesis 14:18

and Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine and he priest of God Most High

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 14:18, so the Hebrew word לְאֵ֥ל (leel) 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.14.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.18.W9.S1) and character.