Genesis 34:21:16Gen.34.21.W16PAT
לְנָשִׁ֔ים
lenashim
“as wives”
- Transliteration
- le-na-SHIM
- Extended
- leh-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /lə.naːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as wives
- French
- pour femmes
- Spanish
- por esposas
- Portuguese
- por esposas
- German
- zu Frauen
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- نِسَاءً
- Hindi
- पत्नियों के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作妻子
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- menjadi istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রী হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang mga asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa wake
- Amharic
- ለሚስቶች
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- dịka nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yerenom
- Ewe
- ɖe srɔ̃wo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM
- clause
et-be-no-TAM ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM ve-et-be-no-TE-nu ni-TEN la-HEM
- sentence
ha-a-na-SHIM ha-EL-leh she-le-MIM HEM i-TA-nu ve-yesh-VU va-A-rets ve-yis-kha-RU o-TAH ve-ha-A-rets hin-NE ra-kha-vat-ya-DA-yim lif-NE-hem et-be-no-TAM ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM ve-et-be-no-TE-nu ni-TEN la-HEM
In context — Genesis 34:21
men these peaceable they with us let them dwell in the land let them trade in it and the land behold wide on all sides before them their daughters let us take for ourselves as wives and our daughters let us give to them
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 34:21, so the Hebrew word לְנָשִׁ֔ים (lenashim) 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.34.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.21.W16.S1) and character.