Genesis 21:12:18Gen.21.12.W18PAT
לְךָ֖
lekha
“for you”
- Transliteration
- le-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
- French
- pour toi
- Spanish
- para ti
- Portuguese
- para ti
- German
- für dich
- Russian
- для тебя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَكَ
- Hindi
- तेरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你的
- Korean
- 네
- Indonesian
- bagimu
- Bengali
- তোমার
- Tagalog
- iyong
- Swahili
- wako
- Amharic
- ለአንተ
- Yoruba
- fún ọ
- Igbo
- gị
- Twi
- ma wo
- Ewe
- na wò
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
yik-ka-RE le-KHA
- clause
KI ve-yits-KHAK yik-ka-RE le-KHA ZA-ra
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM al-ye-RA be-ei-NE-kha al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha KOL a-SHER to-MAR e-LE-kha sa-RA she-MA be-ko-LAH KI ve-yits-KHAK yik-ka-RE le-KHA ZA-ra
In context — Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham do not be displeased in your eyes because of the boy and because of your slave woman everything that says to you Sarah listen to her voice for through Isaac shall be named for you offspring
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 21:12, so the Hebrew word לְךָ֖ (lekha) 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.21.12.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.12.W18.S1) and character.