Genesis 15:13:2Gen.15.13.W2PAT

לְאַבְרָ֗ם

leavram

to Abram

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

Meaning by language

English
to Abram
French
à Abram
Spanish
a Abram
Portuguese
a Abrão
German
zu Abram
Russian
Авраму
Arabic-Simplified
لأبرام
Hindi
अब्राम से
Chinese-Simplified
对亚伯兰
Korean
아브람에게
Indonesian
kepada Abram
Bengali
অব্রামের কাছে
Tagalog
kay Abram
Swahili
kwa Abramu
Amharic
ለአብራም
Yoruba
sí Ábúrámù
Igbo
nye Abram
Twi
maa Abram
Ewe
na Abram

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Result
לְ + אַבְ + רָ֗ם
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer le-av-RAM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA

In contextGenesis 15:13

he said to Abram surely you will know your offspring will be that a sojourner in a land that does not belong to them they will serve them they will afflict them four hundred years

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָ֗ם (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.15.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W2.S1) and character.