Genesis 31:19:3Gen.31.19.W3PAT

לִגְזֹ֖ז

ligezzoz

to shear

Transliteration
li-gez-ZOZ
Extended
lih-geh-ZOHZ
IPA
/li.ɣə.ˈzoːz/

Meaning by language

English
to shear
French
pour tondre
Spanish
a esquilar
Portuguese
para tosquiar
German
um zu scheren
Russian
стричь
Arabic-Simplified
لِجَزِّ
Hindi
ऊन कतरने
Chinese-Simplified
剪毛
Korean
털을 깎으러
Indonesian
untuk menggunting bulu
Bengali
লোম কাটতে
Tagalog
upang gupitan
Swahili
kunyoa
Amharic
ለመግረዝ
Yoruba
lati gé irun
Igbo
ịkpa ajị
Twi
kotwitwa
Ewe
be kpá

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Result
לִ + גְ + זֹ֖ז
li + gez + zoz
ligezzoz

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Gimelg as in good
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Zayinz as in zero
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Zayinz as in zero

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-gez-ZOZ

  2. clause

    ve-la-VAN ha-LAKH li-gez-ZOZ et-tso-a-NO

  3. sentence

    ve-la-VAN ha-LAKH li-gez-ZOZ et-tso-a-NO va-tig-NOV ra-KHEL et-hat-te-ra-FIM a-SHER le-a-VI-ha

In contextGenesis 31:19

and Laban had gone to shear his flock stole Rachel the household idols that belonged to her father

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 31:19, so the Hebrew word לִגְזֹ֖ז (ligezzoz) 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.31.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.19.W3.S1) and character.