Genesis 20:12:9Gen.20.12.W9PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leisha
“for a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a wife
- French
- pour épouse
- Spanish
- por esposa
- Portuguese
- por esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- женой
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَوْجَةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 妻子
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- mke
- Amharic
- እንደ ሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- dika nwunye
- Twi
- yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + אִ + שָּֽׁה׃
↓
le + i + sha
↓
leisha
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-i-SHA
- clause
vat-te-hi-LI le-i-SHA
- sentence
ve-gam-om-NA a-kho-TI vat-a-VI HI AKH LO vat-i-MI vat-te-hi-LI le-i-SHA
In context — Genesis 20:12
and also indeed she my sister daughter of my father but not daughter of my mother she became to me for a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 20:12, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leisha) 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.20.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.12.W9.S1) and character.