Genesis 31:28:4Gen.31.28.W4PAT

לְבָנַ֖י

levanai

my sons

Transliteration
le-va-NAI
Extended
leh-vah-NAI
IPA
/lə.vaːˈnaj/

Meaning by language

English
my sons
French
mes fils
Spanish
a mis hijos
Portuguese
meus filhos
German
meine Söhne
Russian
моих сыновей
Arabic-Simplified
بَنِيَّ
Hindi
मेरे पुत्रों को
Chinese-Simplified
我的儿子们
Korean
내 아들들에게
Indonesian
anak-anakku laki-laki
Bengali
আমার পুত্রদেরকে
Tagalog
ang aking mga anak na lalaki
Swahili
wanangu wa kiume
Amharic
ወንዶች ልጆቼን
Yoruba
àwọn ọmọkùnrin mi
Igbo
ụmụ nwoke m
Twi
me mmabarima
Ewe
vinye ŋutsuwo

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Result
לְ + בָ + נַ֖י
le + va + nai
levanai

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-NAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-na-SHEK le-va-NAI

  3. clause

    ve-LO ne-ta-she-TA-ni le-na-SHEK le-va-NAI ve-liv-no-TAI

  4. sentence

    ve-LO ne-ta-she-TA-ni le-na-SHEK le-va-NAI ve-liv-no-TAI a-TA hi-se-KAL-ta a-SO

In contextGenesis 31:28

and you did not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters now you have acted foolishly

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 31:28, so the Hebrew word לְבָנַ֖י (levanai) 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.31.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.28.W4.S1) and character.