Genesis 17:20:16Gen.17.20.W16PAT

לְג֥וֹי

legoy

into a nation

Transliteration
le-GOY
Extended
leh-GOY
IPA
/ləˈɣoj/

Meaning by language

English
into a nation
French
en une nation
Spanish
en una nación
Russian
в народ
Arabic-Simplified
أمةً
Hindi
एक जाति
Chinese-Simplified
成为一国
Swahili
kuwa taifa
Twi
ayɛ ɔman

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Result
לְ + ג֥וֹי
le + goy
legoy

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-GOY

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-GOY ga-DOL

  3. clause

    she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL

  4. sentence

    u-le-yish-ma-EL she-ma-TI-kha hi-NE be-ra-khe-TI o-TO ve-hi-fe-RE-ti o-TO ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO bi-me-OD me-OD she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL

In contextGenesis 17:20

and as for Ishmael I have heard you behold I have blessed him and I will make fruitful him and I will multiply him greatly very he will father twelve princes and I will make him into a nation great

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 17:20, so the Hebrew word לְג֥וֹי (legoy) 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.17.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.20.W16.S1) and character.