Genesis 17:15:6Gen.17.15.W6PAT
לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א
lotikra
“you shall not call”
- Transliteration
- lo-tik-RA
- Extended
- loh-tik-RAA
- IPA
- /loː.tiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not call
- French
- tu n'appelleras pas
- Spanish
- no llamarás
- Russian
- не назовёшь
- Arabic-Simplified
- لا تدعو
- Hindi
- तू नहीं पुकारेगा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你不可叫
- Swahili
- hutaita
- Twi
- renfrɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-tik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM sa-RAI i-she-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-a-ve-ra-HAM sa-RAI i-she-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI KI sa-RA she-MAH
In context — Genesis 17:15
God and he said to Abraham Sarai your wife you shall not call her name Sarai for Sarah her name
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א (lotikra) 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.17.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W6.S1) and character.