Genesis 37:12:3Gen.37.12.W3PAT

לִרְע֛וֹת

lireot

to pasture

Transliteration
li-re-OT
Extended
lih-reh-OHT
IPA
/li.rə.ˈʕoːt/

Meaning by language

English
to pasture
French
pour faire paître
Spanish
a apacentar
Portuguese
para apascentar
German
um zu weiden
Russian
пасти
Arabic-Simplified
لِيَرْعَوْا
Hindi
चराने को
Chinese-Simplified
去放牧
Korean
먹이려고
Indonesian
untuk menggembalakan
Bengali
চরাতে
Tagalog
upang magpastol
Swahili
kuchunga
Amharic
ለማሰማራት
Yoruba
láti tọ́
Igbo
ịzụ
Twi
sɛ wɔnkɔhwɛ

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Result
לִ + רְ + ע֛וֹת
li + re + ot
lireot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-re-OT

  2. clause

    li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-le-KHU e-KHAV li-re-OT et-TSON a-vi-HEM bi-she-KHEM

In contextGenesis 37:12

and went his brothers to pasture the flock of their father at Shechem

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 37:12, so the Hebrew word לִרְע֛וֹת (lireot) 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.37.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.12.W3.S1) and character.