Genesis 4:15:13Gen.4.15.W13PAT
לְבִלְתִּ֥י
levilti
“lest”
- Transliteration
- le-vil-TI
- Extended
- leh-vihl-TEE
- IPA
- /lə.vilˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest
- French
- afin de ne pas
- Spanish
- para que no
- Portuguese
- para que não
- German
- damit nicht
- Russian
- чтобы не
- Arabic-Simplified
- لئلا
- Hindi
- ऐसा न हो कि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 免得
- Korean
- 하지 않도록
- Indonesian
- supaya jangan
- Bengali
- যেন না
- Tagalog
- upang huwag
- Swahili
- ili asije
- Amharic
- እንዳይ
- Yoruba
- ki o má ba
- Igbo
- ka ọ ghara
- Twi
- na amma
- Ewe
- be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vil-TI
- phraseyour reading level
le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO
- clause
va-ya-SEM Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin OT le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO kol-mo-tse-O
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEN kol-ho-REG KA-yin shiv-a-TA-yim yu-KAM va-ya-SEM Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin OT le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO kol-mo-tse-O
In context — Genesis 4:15
therefore LORD {He} said to him whoever kills Cain will be avenged sevenfold LORD {He} set on Cain a mark lest whoever finds him strike him
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 4:15, 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.4.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.15.W13.S1) and character.