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

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Result
לְ + נָ + שִׁ֔ים
le + na + shim
lenashim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-na-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    et-be-no-TAM ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM ve-et-be-no-TE-nu ni-TEN la-HEM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.