Genesis 34:8:14Gen.34.8.W14PAT
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- pour femme
- Spanish
- por mujer
- Portuguese
- por mulher
- German
- zur Frau
- Russian
- в жёны
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妻
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- menjadi istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রী হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kuwa mke
- Amharic
- ለሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- abe srɔ̃
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-ish-SHA
- clause
she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER kha-MOR i-TAM le-MOR she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 34:8
spoke Hamor with them saying Shechem my son longs for his soul your daughter give please her to him as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 34:8, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishsha) 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.34.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.8.W14.S1) and character.