Genesis 25:34:3Gen.25.34.W3PAT
לְעֵשָׂ֗ו
leesav
“to Esau”
- Transliteration
- le-e-SAV
- Extended
- leh-eh-SAAV
- IPA
- /lə.ʕeː.ˈsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Esau
- French
- à Ésaü
- Spanish
- a Esaú
- Portuguese
- a Esaú
- German
- Esau
- Russian
- Исаву
- Arabic-Simplified
- لعيسو
- Hindi
- एसाव को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以扫
- Korean
- 에서에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Esau
- Bengali
- এসৌকে
- Tagalog
- kay Esau
- Swahili
- Esau
- Amharic
- ለዔሳው
- Yoruba
- Esau
- Igbo
- Isọ
- Twi
- Esau
- Ewe
- Esau
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-SAV
- phraseyour reading level
na-TAN le-e-SAV
- clause
ve-ya-a-KOV na-TAN le-e-SAV LE-khem u-ne-ZID a-da-SHIM va-yo-KHAL va-YESHT va-ya-KAM va-ye-LAKH
- sentence
ve-ya-a-KOV na-TAN le-e-SAV LE-khem u-ne-ZID a-da-SHIM va-yo-KHAL va-YESHT va-ya-KAM va-ye-LAKH va-yi-VEZ e-SAV et-ha-be-kho-RA
In context — Genesis 25:34
and Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils and he ate and he drank and he rose and he went Esau despised the birthright
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 25:34, so the Hebrew word לְעֵשָׂ֗ו (leesav) 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.25.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.34.W3.S1) and character.