Genesis 18:31:5Gen.18.31.W5PAT
אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔י
eladonai
“to the Lord”
- Transliteration
- el-a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ehl-ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔă.doˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Lord
- French
- au Seigneur
- Spanish
- al Señor
- Portuguese
- ao Senhor
- German
- zum Herrn
- Russian
- к Господу
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الرَّبّ
- Hindi
- प्रभु से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向主
- Korean
- 주께
- Indonesian
- kepada Tuhan
- Bengali
- প্রভুর কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa Panginoon
- Swahili
- kwa Bwana
- Amharic
- ወደ ጌታ
- Yoruba
- si Oluwa
- Igbo
- n'ebe Onyenwe anyị nọ
- Twi
- kɔ Awurade nkyɛn
- Ewe
- ɖo Aƒetɔ gbɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI
- clause
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM va-YO-mer LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-es-RIM
In context — Genesis 18:31
he said look please I have dared to speak to the Lord perhaps twenty are found there he said I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:31, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔י (eladonai) 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.18.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.31.W5.S1) and character.