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
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-shif-KHA
- clause
LAH le-shif-KHA
- sentence
va-yit-TEN la-VAN le-ra-KHEL bit-TO et-bil-HA shif-kha-TO LAH le-shif-KHA
In context — Genesis 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.