Genesis 2:15:7Gen.2.15.W7PAT
לְעָבְדָ֖הּ
leovdah
“to cultivate it”
- Transliteration
- le-ov-DAH
- Extended
- leh-ohv-DAAH
- IPA
- /lə.ʕɔv.ˈðaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cultivate it
- French
- pour le cultiver
- Spanish
- para cultivarlo
- Portuguese
- para cultivá-lo
- German
- um ihn zu bebauen
- Russian
- чтобы возделывать его
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيَعْمَلَهَا
- Hindi
- उसे जोतने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去耕作它
- Korean
- 그것을 경작하도록
- Indonesian
- untuk mengusahakannya
- Bengali
- তা চাষ করার জন্য
- Tagalog
- upang bungkalin ito
- Swahili
- kuilima
- Amharic
- ሊያለማው
- Yoruba
- láti ṣàgbẹ̀ ọ́
- Igbo
- ịkọ ya
- Twi
- sɛ ɔbɛyɛ adwuma wɔ mu
- Ewe
- be woawɔ dɔ le edzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ov-DAH
- clause
va-yan-ni-KHE-hu ve-gan-E-den le-ov-DAH u-le-shom-RAH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu ve-gan-E-den le-ov-DAH u-le-shom-RAH
In context — Genesis 2:15
LORD God {And He} took the man {And} he placed him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to guard it
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 2:15, so the Hebrew word לְעָבְדָ֖הּ (leovdah) 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.2.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.15.W7.S1) and character.