Genesis 45:8:9Gen.45.8.W9PAT

לְאָ֜ב

leav

a father to

Transliteration
le-AV
Extended
leh-AAV
IPA
/lə.ˈʔaːv/

Meaning by language

English
a father to
French
un père pour
Spanish
por padre de
Portuguese
por pai de
German
ein Vater für
Russian
отцом для
Arabic-Simplified
أَبًا لِ
Hindi
पिता
Chinese-Simplified
作父亲
Korean
아버지
Indonesian
sebagai ayah bagi
Bengali
পিতা
Tagalog
bilang ama kay
Swahili
baba kwa
Amharic
አባት
Yoruba
baba fun
Igbo
nna nye
Twi
agya ma
Ewe
fofo na

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Result
לְ + אָ֜ב
le + av
leav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-si-ME-ni le-AV

  3. clause

    va-ye-si-ME-ni le-AV le-far-O u-le-a-DON le-khol-BEI-to u-mo-SHEL be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim

  4. sentence

    ve-at-TA lo-at-TEM she-lakh-TEM o-TI he-NA KI ha-e-lo-HIM va-ye-si-ME-ni le-AV le-far-O u-le-a-DON le-khol-BEI-to u-mo-SHEL be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextGenesis 45:8

and now not you sent me here but God made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Genesis 45:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 45:8, so the Hebrew word לְאָ֜ב (leav) 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.45.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.8.W9.S1) and character.