Genesis 41:36:5Gen.41.36.W5PAT

לְשֶׁ֙בַע֙

lesheva

for seven

Transliteration
le-SHE-va
Extended
leh-SHEH-vah
IPA
/lə.ˈʃɛ.vaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
for seven
French
pour sept
Spanish
para siete
Portuguese
para sete
German
für sieben
Russian
на семь
Arabic-Simplified
لِسَبْعِ
Hindi
सात
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
일곱
Indonesian
untuk tujuh
Bengali
সাত
Tagalog
sa pito
Swahili
kwa saba
Amharic
ለሰባት
Yoruba
fún méje
Igbo
maka asaa
Twi
ama ason
Ewe
na adre

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Result
לְ + שֶׁ֙ + בַע֙
le + she + va
lesheva

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-SHE-va

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YA ha-O-khel le-fik-ka-DON la-A-rets le-SHE-va she-NEI ha-ra-AV a-SHER ti-he-YEI-na be-E-rets mits-RA-yim

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ha-O-khel le-fik-ka-DON la-A-rets le-SHE-va she-NEI ha-ra-AV a-SHER ti-he-YEI-na be-E-rets mits-RA-yim ve-lo-tik-ka-RET ha-A-rets ba-ra-AV

In contextGenesis 41:36

shall be the food for a reserve for the land for seven years of the famine which shall be in the land of Egypt shall not be cut off the land by the famine

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 41:36, so the Hebrew word לְשֶׁ֙בַע֙ (lesheva) 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.41.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.36.W5.S1) and character.