Genesis 33:8:9Gen.33.8.W9PAT
לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן
limtsokhen
“to find favor”
- Transliteration
- lim-tso-KHEN
- Extended
- lihm-tsoh-KHEHN
- IPA
- /lim.tsoː.ˈħeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to find favor
- French
- pour trouver faveur
- Spanish
- para hallar favor
- Portuguese
- para achar favor
- German
- um Gunst zu finden
- Russian
- чтобы найти благоволение
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِنَيْلِ حَظْوَةٍ
- Hindi
- अनुग्रह पाने के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为得恩惠
- Korean
- 은혜를 얻기 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk mendapat perkenanan
- Bengali
- অনুগ্রহ পাওয়ার জন্য
- Tagalog
- upang makasumpong ng lingap
- Swahili
- kupata kibali
- Amharic
- ሞገስ ለማግኘት
- Yoruba
- láti rí ojú rere
- Igbo
- iji chọta amara
- Twi
- sɛ manya adom
- Ewe
- be makpɔ amenuveve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lim-tso-KHEN
- clause
va-YO-mer lim-tso-KHEN be-e-NEI a-do-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer MI le-KHA kol-ha-ma-kha-NE ha-ZE a-SHER pa-GASH-ti va-YO-mer lim-tso-KHEN be-e-NEI a-do-NI
In context — Genesis 33:8
he said what to you all the company this that I met he said to find favor in the eyes of my lord
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 33:8, so the Hebrew word לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן (limtsokhen) 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.33.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.8.W9.S1) and character.