Genesis 38:15:4Gen.38.15.W4PAT
לְזוֹנָ֑ה
lezona
“as a prostitute”
- Transliteration
- le-zo-NA
- Extended
- leh-zoh-NAA
- IPA
- /lə.zoː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a prostitute
- French
- comme une prostituée
- Spanish
- como una prostituta
- Portuguese
- como uma prostituta
- German
- als eine Prostituierte
- Russian
- как блудницу
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَعَاهِرَةٍ
- Hindi
- वेश्या के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为妓女
- Korean
- 창녀로
- Indonesian
- sebagai seorang pelacur
- Bengali
- বেশ্যা রূপে
- Tagalog
- bilang isang patutot
- Swahili
- kama kahaba
- Amharic
- እንደ ጋለሞታ
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣẹ́wó
- Igbo
- dịka nwanyị akwụna
- Twi
- sɛ ɔbea aguaman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + זוֹ + נָ֑ה
↓
le + zo + na
↓
lezona
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-zo-NA
- clause
va-yi-re-E-ha ye-hu-DA va-ya-khe-she-VE-ha le-zo-NA
- sentence
va-yi-re-E-ha ye-hu-DA va-ya-khe-she-VE-ha le-zo-NA KI khi-se-TA pa-NE-ha
In context — Genesis 38:15
and saw her Judah and considered her as a prostitute for she had covered her face
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:15, so the Hebrew word לְזוֹנָ֑ה (lezona) 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.38.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.15.W4.S1) and character.