Genesis 30:18:2Gen.30.18.W2PAT

לֵאָ֗ה

leah

Leah

Transliteration
le-AH
Extended
leh-AA
IPA
/leː.ˈʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
Leah
French
Léa
Spanish
Lea
Portuguese
Lia
German
Lea
Russian
Лия
Arabic-Simplified
لَيْئَة
Hindi
लेआ
Chinese-Simplified
利亚
Korean
레아
Indonesian
Lea
Bengali
লেয়া
Tagalog
Lea
Swahili
Lea
Amharic
ልያ
Yoruba
Lia
Igbo
Lia
Twi
Lea
Ewe
Lea

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Result
לֵ + אָ֗ה
le + ah
leah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-AH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TO-mer le-AH

  3. clause

    va-TO-mer le-AH na-TAN e-lo-HIM se-kha-RI a-sher-na-TAT-ti shif-kha-TI le-i-SHI

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer le-AH na-TAN e-lo-HIM se-kha-RI a-sher-na-TAT-ti shif-kha-TI le-i-SHI va-tik-RA she-MO yis-sa-KHAR

In contextGenesis 30:18

said Leah has given God my wages because I gave my maidservant to my husband she called his name Issachar

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 30:18, so the Hebrew word לֵאָ֗ה (leah) 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.30.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.18.W2.S1) and character.