Genesis 47:20:5Gen.47.20.W5PAT

לְפַרְעֹ֔ה

lefaroh

for Pharaoh

Transliteration
le-far-OH
Extended
leh-far-OH
IPA
/lə.far.ˈʕoː/

Meaning by language

English
for Pharaoh
French
pour Pharaon
Spanish
para Faraón
Portuguese
para Faraó
German
für den Pharao
Russian
для фараона
Arabic-Simplified
لفرعون
Hindi
फ़िरौन के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为法老
Korean
바로를 위하여
Indonesian
bagi Firaun
Bengali
ফরৌণের জন্য
Tagalog
para kay Faraon
Swahili
kwa Farao
Amharic
ለፈርዖን
Yoruba
fún Farao
Igbo
maka Fero
Twi
ma Farao
Ewe
na Farao

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Result
לְ + פַרְ + עֹ֔ה
le + far + oh
lefaroh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-far-OH

  2. clause

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV va-te-HI ha-A-rets le-far-OH

In contextGenesis 47:20

{And} bought Joseph all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh because sold the Egyptians each man his field because was severe upon them the famine {And} became the land the property of Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 47:20, so the Hebrew word לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (lefaroh) 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.47.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.20.W5.S1) and character.