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

Result
לֹא + תִקְ + רָ֥א
lo + tik + ra
lotikra

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-tik-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.