Genesis 34:12:12Gen.34.12.W12PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leisha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- pour épouse
- Spanish
- como esposa
- Portuguese
- como 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
- እንደ ሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃ ene
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-i-SHA
- clause
u-te-nu-LI et-han-na-a-RA le-i-SHA
- sentence
har-BU a-LAI me-OD MO-har u-mat-TAN ve-et-NA ka-a-SHER to-me-RU e-LAI u-te-nu-LI et-han-na-a-RA le-i-SHA
In context — Genesis 34:12
increase upon me very much bride-price and gift I will give as you say to me give to me the young woman as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 34:12, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leisha) 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.34.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.12.W12.S1) and character.