Genesis 4:23:3Gen.4.23.W3PAT

לְנָשָׁ֗יו

lenashav

“to his wives”

Transliteration: le-na-SHAV
Extended: leh-nah-SHAAV
IPA: /lə.naː.ˈʃaːw/

Meaning by language

English: to his wives
French: à ses épouses
Spanish: a sus esposas
Portuguese: às suas esposas
German: zu seinen Frauen
Russian: к своим жёнам
Arabic-Simplified: إلى نسائه
Hindi: अपनी पत्नियों को
Chinese-Simplified: 对他的妻子们
Korean: 그의 아내들에게
Indonesian: kepada istri-istrinya
Bengali: তার স্ত্রীদের কাছে
Tagalog: sa kaniyang mga asawa
Swahili: kwa wake zake
Amharic: ለሚስቶቹ
Yoruba: sí àwọn aya rẹ̀
Igbo: nye ndị nwunye ya
Twi: ne ne yerenom nkyɛn
Ewe: na eƒe srɔ̃wo

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Result

לְ + נָ + שָׁ֗יו

↓

le + na + shav

↓

lenashav

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

word
le-na-SHAV
clause
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI
sentence
va-YO-mer LE-mekh le-na-SHAV a-DA ve-tsil-LA she-MA-an ko-LI ne-SHEE LE-mekh ha-e-ZEN-na im-ra-TI KI ISH ha-rag-TI le-fi-tse-EE ve-YE-led le-khab-bu-ra-TI

In context — Genesis 4:23

Lamech {And} said to his wives Adah and Zillah listen to my voice wives of Lamech heed my saying for a man I killed for my wound and a boy for my bruise

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 4:23, so the Hebrew word לְנָשָׁ֗יו (lenashav) 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.4.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.23.W3.S1) and character.

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