Genesis 30:9:12Gen.30.9.W12PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- pour femme
- Spanish
- por mujer
- Portuguese
- por esposa
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجةً
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রীরূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- ለሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-SHA
- clause
va-tik-KAKH et-zil-PA shif-kha-TAH va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-ya-a-KOV le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-TE-re le-A KI om-DA mi-LE-det va-tik-KAKH et-zil-PA shif-kha-TAH va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-ya-a-KOV le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 30:9
saw Leah that she had ceased from bearing she took Zilpah her maidservant she gave her to Jacob as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 30:9, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishsha) 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.30.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.9.W12.S1) and character.