Genesis 48:1:6Gen.48.1.W6PAT

לְיוֹסֵ֔ף

leyosef

to Joseph

Transliteration
le-yo-SEF
Extended
leh-yoh-SEHF
IPA
/lə.jo.ˈseːf/

Meaning by language

English
to Joseph
French
à Joseph
Spanish
a José
Portuguese
a José
German
zu Josef
Russian
Иосифу
Arabic-Simplified
ليوسف
Hindi
यूसुफ से
Chinese-Simplified
约瑟
Korean
요셉에게
Indonesian
kepada Yusuf
Bengali
যোসেফকে
Tagalog
kay Jose
Swahili
Yusufu
Amharic
ለዮሴፍ
Yoruba
fún Jósẹfu
Igbo
Josef
Twi
maa Yosef
Ewe
na Yosef

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + יוֹ + סֵ֔ף
le + yo + sef
leyosef

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Samekhs as in sit
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-yo-SEF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer le-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-YO-mer le-yo-SEF hi-NEH a-VI-kha kho-LEH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-YO-mer le-yo-SEF hi-NEH a-VI-kha kho-LEH va-yik-KAKH et-she-NEI va-NAIV im-MO et-me-na-SHE ve-et-ef-ra-YIM

In contextGenesis 48:1

{And} it happened after matters these {And} was said to Joseph behold your father is sick {And} he took two of his sons with him Manasseh and Ephraim

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 48:1, so the Hebrew word לְיוֹסֵ֔ף (leyosef) 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.48.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.1.W6.S1) and character.