Genesis 27:37:4Gen.27.37.W4PAT
לְעֵשָׂ֗ו
leesav
“to Esau”
- Transliteration
- le-e-SAV
- Extended
- leh-eh-SAAV
- IPA
- /lə.ʕeː.ˈsaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Esau
- French
- à Ésaü
- Spanish
- a Esaú
- Portuguese
- a Esaú
- German
- zu Esau
- Russian
- Исаву
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِعِيسُو
- Hindi
- एसाव से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对以扫
- Korean
- 에서에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Esau
- Bengali
- এসাউকে
- Tagalog
- kay Esau
- Swahili
- kwa Esau
- Amharic
- ለዔሳው
- Yoruba
- si Esau
- Igbo
- nye Isọ
- Twi
- maa Esau
- Ewe
- na 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
va-YO-mer le-e-SAV
- clause
va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV
- sentence
va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI
In context — Genesis 27:37
Isaac answered to Esau said behold lord I have set him over you and all his brothers I have given to him as servants with grain and new wine I have sustained him and for you then what shall I do my son
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 27:37, 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.27.37.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.37.W4.S1) and character.