Genesis 21:16:3Gen.21.16.W3PAT
לָ֜הּ
lah
“for herself”
- Transliteration
- LAH
- Extended
- LAAH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- for herself
- French
- pour elle
- Spanish
- para sí
- Portuguese
- para si
- German
- für sich
- Russian
- для себя
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِنَفْسِهَا
- Hindi
- अपने लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为自己
- Korean
- 자신을 위해
- Indonesian
- bagi dirinya
- Bengali
- নিজের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa sarili niya
- Swahili
- kwa ajili yake mwenyewe
- Amharic
- ለራሷ
- Yoruba
- fun ara rẹ
- Igbo
- maka onwe ya
- Twi
- maa ne ho
- Ewe
- na eɖokui
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH
- clause
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led
- sentence
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
In context — Genesis 21:16
she went she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child she sat opposite she lifted up her voice she wept
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word לָ֜הּ (lah) 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.21.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W3.S1) and character.