Genesis 18:2:8Gen.18.2.W8PAT
עָלָ֑יו
alav
“before him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈlaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- before him
- French
- devant lui
- Spanish
- delante de él
- Portuguese
- diante dele
- German
- vor ihm
- Russian
- перед ним
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَمَامَهُ
- Hindi
- उसके सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在他面前
- Korean
- 그 앞에
- Indonesian
- di hadapannya
- Bengali
- তার সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap niya
- Swahili
- mbele yake
- Amharic
- በፊቱ
- Yoruba
- niwaju rẹ
- Igbo
- n'ihu ya
- Twi
- n'anim
- Ewe
- le ŋku na e
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- clause
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes He saw behold three men standing before him He saw to meet them He ran from the entrance of the tent He bowed down to the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֑יו (alav) 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.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W8.S1) and character.