Genesis 16:15:3Gen.16.15.W3PAT

לְאַבְרָ֖ם

leavram

Abram

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

Meaning by language

English
Abram
French
à Abram
Spanish
a Abram
Portuguese
a Abrão
German
Abram
Russian
Авраму
Arabic-Simplified
لأبرام
Hindi
अब्राम के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
给亚伯兰
Korean
아브람에게
Indonesian
bagi Abram
Bengali
অব্রামের জন্য
Tagalog
kay Abram
Swahili
kwa Abramu
Amharic
ለአብራም
Yoruba
fún Abramu
Igbo
nye Abram
Twi
maa Abram
Ewe
na Abram

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Result
לְ + אַבְ + רָ֖ם
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-TE-led ha-GAR le-av-RAM BEN

  3. sentence

    va-TE-led ha-GAR le-av-RAM BEN va-yik-RA av-RAM shem-be-NO a-sher-ya-le-DA ha-GAR yish-ma-EL

In contextGenesis 16:15

Hagar bore Abram a son Abram called the name of his son Hagar whom she bore Ishmael

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 16:15, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָ֖ם (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.16.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.15.W3.S1) and character.