Genesis 47:12:9Gen.47.12.W9PAT

לְפִ֥י

lefi

according to

Transliteration
le-FI
Extended
leh-FEE
IPA
/ləˈfiː/

Meaning by language

English
according to
French
selon
Spanish
según
Portuguese
segundo
German
nach
Russian
согласно
Arabic-Simplified
حَسَبَ
Hindi
के अनुसार
Chinese-Simplified
按着
Korean
따라
Indonesian
menurut
Bengali
অনুযায়ী
Tagalog
ayon sa
Swahili
kulingana na
Amharic
እንደ
Yoruba
gẹ́gẹ́ bí
Igbo
dika
Twi
sɛnea
Ewe
le

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Result
לְ + פִ֥י
le + fi
lefi

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-FI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-FI ha-TAF

  3. clause

    LE-khem le-FI ha-TAF

  4. sentence

    va-ye-khal-KEL yo-SEF et-a-VIV ve-et-e-KHAV ve-ET kol-BEIT a-VIV LE-khem le-FI ha-TAF

In contextGenesis 47:12

{And} {he} provided Joseph his father and his brothers and all the household of his father with bread according to the little ones

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 47:12, so the Hebrew word לְפִ֥י (lefi) 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.47.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.12.W9.S1) and character.