Genesis 19:21:9Gen.19.21.W9PAT

לְבִלְתִּ֛י

levilti

so as not to

Transliteration
le-vil-TI
Extended
leh-vihl-TEE
IPA
/lə.vil.ˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
so as not to
French
afin de ne pas
Spanish
para no
Portuguese
para não
German
damit nicht
Russian
чтобы не
Arabic-Simplified
لكي لا
Hindi
ऐसा न हो कि
Chinese-Simplified
免得
Korean
않도록
Indonesian
supaya tidak
Bengali
যেন না
Tagalog
upang hindi
Swahili
ili nisi
Amharic
እንዳል
Yoruba
kí má
Igbo
ka m ghara
Twi
sɛ an
Ewe
be made

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + בִלְ + תִּ֛י
le + vil + ti
levilti

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-vil-TI

  2. clause

    le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta

In contextGenesis 19:21

He said to him Behold I have lifted up your face to the matter this also so as not to overthrow the city you spoke of which

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֛י (levilti) 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.19.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W9.S1) and character.