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

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Result
לְ + אִ + שָּֽׁה׃
le + i + sha
leisha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-i-SHA

  2. clause

    u-te-nu-LI et-han-na-a-RA le-i-SHA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.