Genesis 42:1:8Gen.42.1.W8PAT

לְבָנָ֔יו

levanav

to his sons

Transliteration
le-va-NAV
Extended
leh-vah-NAAV
IPA
/lə.vaˈnaːw/

Meaning by language

English
to his sons
French
à ses fils
Spanish
a sus hijos
Portuguese
a seus filhos
German
zu seinen Söhnen
Russian
своим сыновьям
Arabic-Simplified
لِبَنِيهِ
Hindi
अपने पुत्रों से
Chinese-Simplified
对他的儿子们
Korean
그의 아들들에게
Indonesian
kepada anak-anak lelakinya
Bengali
তার পুত্রদের কাছে
Tagalog
sa kaniyang mga anak na lalaki
Swahili
kwa wanawe
Amharic
ለልጆቹ
Yoruba
sí àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀
Igbo
nye ụmụ ya ndị nwoke
Twi
ne mmammarima no nkyɛn
Ewe
na eviutsuwo

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Result
לְ + בָ + נָ֔יו
le + va + nav
levanav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-NAV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV le-va-NAV LA-ma ti-te-ra-U

  3. sentence

    va-YAR ya-a-KOV KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV le-va-NAV LA-ma ti-te-ra-U

In contextGenesis 42:1

saw Jacob that there is grain in Egypt said Jacob to his sons why do you look at one another

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:1, so the Hebrew word לְבָנָ֔יו (levanav) 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.42.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.1.W8.S1) and character.