Genesis 20:14:8Gen.20.14.W8PAT
לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם
leavraham
“to Abraham”
- Transliteration
- le-av-ra-HAM
- Extended
- leh-av-rah-HAAM
- IPA
- /lə.ʔav.raː.ˈhaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Abraham
- French
- à Abraham
- Spanish
- a Abraham
- Portuguese
- a Abraão
- German
- Abraham
- Russian
- Аврааму
- Arabic-Simplified
- لإبراهيم
- Hindi
- अब्राहम को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给亚伯拉罕
- Korean
- 아브라함에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Abraham
- Bengali
- অব্রাহামকে
- Tagalog
- kay Abraham
- Swahili
- Abrahamu
- Amharic
- ለአብርሃም
- Yoruba
- fún Abrahamu
- Igbo
- Abraham
- Twi
- maa Abraham
- Ewe
- na Abraham
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-vi-ME-lekh TSON u-va-KAR va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-yit-TEN le-av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-vi-ME-lekh TSON u-va-KAR va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-yit-TEN le-av-ra-HAM va-YA-shev LO ET sa-RA ish-TO
In context — Genesis 20:14
Abimelech took small livestock and cattle and male servants and female servants he gave to Abraham he returned Sarah his wife to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:14, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם (leavraham) 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.20.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.14.W8.S1) and character.