Genesis 17:4:6Gen.17.4.W6PAT
לְאַ֖ב
leav
“father of a”
- Transliteration
- le-AV
- Extended
- leh-AAV
- IPA
- /lə.ˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- father of a
- French
- père d’une
- Spanish
- padre de una
- Portuguese
- pai de uma
- German
- Vater einer
- Russian
- отцом
- Arabic-Simplified
- أبًا
- Hindi
- पिता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 父亲
- Korean
- 아버지
- Indonesian
- bapa bagi
- Bengali
- পিতা
- Tagalog
- ama ng
- Swahili
- baba wa
- Amharic
- አባት
- Yoruba
- baba ti
- Igbo
- nna nke
- Twi
- agya
- Ewe
- fofo na
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + אַ֖ב
↓
le + av
↓
leav
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-AV
- clause
ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM
- sentence
a-NI hi-NE ve-ri-TI it-TAKH ve-ha-YI-ta le-AV ha-MON go-YIM
In context — Genesis 17:4
I behold my covenant with you you will become father of a great multitude of nations
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:4, so the Hebrew word לְאַ֖ב (leav) 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.17.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.4.W6.S1) and character.