Genesis 25:20:15Gen.25.20.W15PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as wife
- French
- pour épouse
- Spanish
- por mujer
- Portuguese
- como esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жены
- Arabic-Simplified
- زَوْجَةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- ለሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹgẹ bi aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
LO le-ish-SHA
- clause
a-KHOT la-VAN ha-a-ra-MI LO le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI yi-tse-KHAK ben-ar-ba-IM sha-NA be-kakh-TO et-riv-KA bat-be-tu-EL ha-a-ra-MI mi-pa-DAN a-RAM a-KHOT la-VAN ha-a-ra-MI LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram sister of Laban the Aramean to him as wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 25:20, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishsha) 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.25.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.20.W15.S1) and character.