Genesis 43:18:15Gen.43.18.W15PAT

לְהִתְגֹּלֵ֤ל

lehitgolel

to make a pretext

Transliteration
le-hit-go-LEL
Extended
leh-hit-goh-LEHL
IPA
/lə.hiθ.go.ˈleːl/

Meaning by language

English
to make a pretext
French
pour chercher un prétexte
Spanish
para buscar un pretexto
Portuguese
para buscar um pretexto
German
um einen Vorwand zu suchen
Russian
чтобы найти предлог
Arabic-Simplified
لِيَتَحَجَّجَ
Hindi
बहाना ढूँढ़ने के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
要找借口
Korean
구실을 삼으려고
Indonesian
untuk mencari alasan
Bengali
অজুহাত খুঁজতে
Tagalog
upang humanap ng dahilan
Swahili
kutafuta kisingizio
Amharic
ሰበብ ለማግኘት
Yoruba
láti wá àwíwí
Igbo
iji chọta ihe ngọpụ
Twi
sɛ wɔanya anoyi
Ewe
be woakpɔ ta

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הִתְ + גֹּ + לֵ֤ל
le + hit + go + lel
lehitgolel

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Gimelg as in good
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-hit-go-LEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu

  3. clause

    le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu u-le-hit-na-PEL a-LEI-nu ve-la-KA-khat o-TA-nu la-a-va-DIM ve-et-kha-mo-REI-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu u-le-hit-na-PEL a-LEI-nu ve-la-KA-khat o-TA-nu la-a-va-DIM ve-et-kha-mo-REI-nu

In contextGenesis 43:18

were afraid the men because were brought house of Joseph they said on account of the money returned in our sacks the first time we are being brought to make a pretext against us and to rush upon us and to take us as slaves and our donkeys

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 43:18, so the Hebrew word לְהִתְגֹּלֵ֤ל (lehitgolel) 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.43.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.18.W15.S1) and character.