Genesis 38:9:14Gen.38.9.W14PAT

לְבִלְתִּ֥י

levilti

in order not

Transliteration
le-vil-TI
Extended
leh-vil-TEE
IPA
/lə.vilˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
in order not
French
afin de ne pas
Spanish
para no
Portuguese
para não
German
um nicht
Russian
чтобы не
Arabic-Simplified
لِئَلَّا
Hindi
ताकि न
Chinese-Simplified
为不
Korean
하지 않으려고
Indonesian
supaya tidak
Bengali
যেন না
Tagalog
upang hindi
Swahili
ili asije
Amharic
እንዳይ
Yoruba
ki o má ba
Igbo
ka ọ ghara
Twi
na annyɛ

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Result
לְ + בִלְ + תִּ֥י
le + vil + ti
levilti

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-vil-TI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV

In contextGenesis 38:9

and he knew Onan that not to him would be the offspring and it happened if he entered to the wife of his brother and he wasted to the ground in order not give offspring to his brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֥י (levilti) 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.38.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W14.S1) and character.