Genesis 23:2:12Gen.23.2.W12PAT

לְשָׂרָ֖ה

lesara

for Sarah

Transliteration
le-sa-RA
Extended
leh-sah-RAA
IPA
/lə.saː.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
for Sarah
French
sur Sarah
Spanish
por Sara
Portuguese
por Sara
German
um Sara
Russian
Сарру
Arabic-Simplified
سارة
Hindi
सारा के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为撒拉
Korean
사라를 위해
Indonesian
bagi Sara
Bengali
সারার জন্য
Tagalog
kay Sara
Swahili
kwa Sara
Amharic
ስለ ሣራ
Yoruba
fún Sara
Igbo
maka Sera
Twi
ma Sara
Ewe
na Sara

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Result
לְ + שָׂ + רָ֖ה
le + sa + ra
lesara

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-sa-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lis-POD le-sa-RA

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO av-ra-HAM lis-POD le-sa-RA ve-liv-ko-TAH

  4. sentence

    va-TA-mat sa-RA be-kir-YAT ar-BA HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO av-ra-HAM lis-POD le-sa-RA ve-liv-ko-TAH

In contextGenesis 23:2

Sarah died in Kiriath Arba that is Hebron in the land of Canaan Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 23:2, so the Hebrew word לְשָׂרָ֖ה (lesara) 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.23.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.2.W12.S1) and character.