Genesis 29:29:8Gen.29.29.W8PAT

לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃

leshifkha

as a female servant

Transliteration
le-shif-KHA
Extended
leh-shif-KHAA
IPA
/lə.ʃif.ˈħaː/

Meaning by language

English
as a female servant
French
comme servante
Spanish
como sierva
Portuguese
como serva
German
als Magd
Russian
как служанку
Arabic-Simplified
كجارية
Hindi
दासी के रूप में
Chinese-Simplified
作婢女
Korean
여종으로
Indonesian
sebagai pelayan perempuan
Bengali
দাসী রূপে
Tagalog
bilang aliping babae
Swahili
kama mjakazi
Amharic
እንደ ሴት አገልጋይ
Yoruba
gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin
Igbo
dịka odibo nwanyị
Twi
sɛ akoa baa
Ewe
abe konyifiala

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + שִׁפְ + חָֽה׃
le + shif + kha
leshifkha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-shif-KHA

  2. clause

    LAH le-shif-KHA

  3. sentence

    va-yit-TEN la-VAN le-ra-KHEL bit-TO et-bil-HA shif-kha-TO LAH le-shif-KHA

In contextGenesis 29:29

gave Laban to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his female servant to her as a female servant

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 29:29, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃ (leshifkha) 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.29.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.29.W8.S1) and character.