Genesis 16:3:19Gen.16.3.W19PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishshah
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHAH
- Extended
- leh-ish-SHAAH
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- comme femme
- Spanish
- como esposa
- Portuguese
- como esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- menjadi istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- እንደ ሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ ɔyere
- 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-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
LO le-ish-SHAH
- clause
va-ti-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHAH
- sentence
va-ti-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mi-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ti-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHAH
In context — Genesis 16:3
after ten years of dwelling Abram in the land of Canaan Sarai wife of Abram took Hagar the Egyptian woman her maidservant gave her to Abram her husband to him as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 16:3, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishshah) 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.16.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W19.S1) and character.