Genesis 21:18:7Gen.21.18.W7PAT
כִּֽי־לְג֥וֹי
kilegoy
“for a nation”
- Transliteration
- ki-le-GOY
- Extended
- kee-leh-GOHY
- IPA
- /kiː.lə.ˈɣoːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a nation
- French
- car une nation
- Spanish
- porque una nación
- Portuguese
- porque uma nação
- German
- denn zu einer Nation
- Russian
- ибо народом
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأن أمة
- Hindi
- क्योंकि एक जाति
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为一国
- Korean
- 민족으로
- Indonesian
- karena suatu bangsa
- Bengali
- কারণ এক জাতি
- Tagalog
- sapagkat isang bansa
- Swahili
- kwa maana taifa
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም ሕዝብ
- Yoruba
- nítorí orílẹ̀-èdè
- Igbo
- n'ihi mba
- Twi
- efisɛ ɔman
- Ewe
- elabena dukɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-le-GOY
- phraseyour reading level
ki-le-GOY ga-DOL
- clause
ki-le-GOY ga-DOL a-si-MEN-nu
- sentence
ku-MI se-I et-ha-NA-ar ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki et-ya-DEKH BO ki-le-GOY ga-DOL a-si-MEN-nu
In context — Genesis 21:18
arise lift up the boy hold your hand on him for a nation great I will make him
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:18, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־לְג֥וֹי (kilegoy) 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.21.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.18.W7.S1) and character.