Genesis 24:40:13Gen.24.40.W13PAT

לִבְנִ֔י

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
ama me ba

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Result
לִ + בְ + נִ֔י
li + ve + ni
liveni

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-ve-NI

  2. clause

    Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI

In contextGenesis 24:40

and he said to me LORD before whom I have walked before him will send his angel with you and will make successful your way and you shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from the house of my father

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:40:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 24:40, so the Hebrew word לִבְנִ֔י (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.24.40.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.40.W13.S1) and character.