Genesis 38:9:16Gen.38.9.W16PAT
לְאָחִֽיו׃
leakhiv
“to his brother”
- Transliteration
- le-a-KHIV
- Extended
- leh-aa-KHEEV
- IPA
- /lə.ʔaːˈħiːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his brother
- French
- à son frère
- Spanish
- a su hermano
- Portuguese
- a seu irmão
- German
- seinem Bruder
- Russian
- своему брату
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِأَخِيهِ
- Hindi
- अपने भाई को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给他的兄弟
- Korean
- 그의 형제에게
- Indonesian
- kepada saudaranya
- Bengali
- তার ভাইকে
- Tagalog
- sa kaniyang kapatid na lalaki
- Swahili
- kwa ndugu yake
- Amharic
- ለወንድሙ
- Yoruba
- fún arákùnrin rẹ̀
- Igbo
- nye nwanne ya nwoke
- Twi
- ma ne nua
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-a-KHIV
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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 38:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word לְאָחִֽיו׃ (leakhiv) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W16.S1) and character.