Genesis 23:18:3Gen.23.18.W3PAT
לְעֵינֵ֣י
leeinei
“before”
- Transliteration
- le-ei-NEI
- Extended
- leh-ee-NEE
- IPA
- /lə.ʕeː.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant
- Spanish
- delante de
- Portuguese
- diante de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَمَامَ
- Hindi
- के सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当着
- Korean
- 앞에서
- Indonesian
- di hadapan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- animu
- Ewe
- le ŋkume na
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ei-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
le-ei-NEI ve-nei-KHET
- clause
le-av-ra-HAM le-mik-NA le-ei-NEI ve-nei-KHET
- sentence
le-av-ra-HAM le-mik-NA le-ei-NEI ve-nei-KHET be-KHOL ba-EI sha-ar-IR-o
In context — Genesis 23:18
to Abraham for a possession before the sons of Heth among all who entered by the gate of his city
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 23:18, so the Hebrew word לְעֵינֵ֣י (leeinei) 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.23.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.18.W3.S1) and character.