Genesis 24:38:7Gen.24.38.W7PAT
לִבְנִֽי׃
liveni
“for my son”
- Transliteration
- li-ve-NI
- Extended
- lih-veh-NEE
- IPA
- /li.və.ˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for my son
- French
- pour mon fils
- Spanish
- para mi hijo
- Russian
- для моего сына
- Arabic-Simplified
- لابني
- Hindi
- मेरे पुत्र के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给我儿子
- Swahili
- kwa mwanangu
- Twi
- ma me babarima
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לִ + בְ + נִֽי׃
↓
li + ve + ni
↓
liveni
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-ve-NI
- clause
ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI
- sentence
im-LO el-beit-a-VI te-LEKH ve-el-mi-she-pa-khe-TI ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI
In context — Genesis 24:38
rather you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and you shall take a wife for my son
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:38:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 24:38, so the Hebrew word לִבְנִֽי׃ (liveni) 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.24.38.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.38.W7.S1) and character.