Genesis 38:6:4Gen.38.6.W4PAT

לְעֵ֣ר

leer

for Er

Transliteration
le-ER
Extended
leh-EER
IPA
/ləˈʕeːr/

Meaning by language

English
for Er
French
pour Er
Spanish
para Er
Portuguese
para Er
German
für Er
Russian
для Ира
Arabic-Simplified
لِعِير
Hindi
एर के लिये
Chinese-Simplified
给珥
Korean
에르를 위하여
Indonesian
bagi Er
Bengali
এরের জন্য
Tagalog
para kay Er
Swahili
kwa Eri
Amharic
ለዔር
Yoruba
fún Eri
Igbo
maka Er
Twi
ma Er

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Result
לְ + עֵ֣ר
le + er
leer

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ER be-kho-RO

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH ye-hu-DA ish-SHA le-ER be-kho-RO u-she-MAH ta-MAR

In contextGenesis 38:6

and took Judah a wife for Er his firstborn and her name Tamar

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 38:6, so the Hebrew word לְעֵ֣ר (leer) 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.38.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.6.W4.S1) and character.