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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-GOY
- phraseyour reading level
le-GOY ga-DOL
- clause
she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL
- 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 context — Genesis 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.