Genesis 50:17:2Gen.50.17.W2PAT
לְיוֹסֵ֗ף
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
- إلى يوسف
- Hindi
- यूसुफ से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对约瑟
- Korean
- 요셉에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Yusuf
- Bengali
- যোষেফকে
- Tagalog
- kay Jose
- Swahili
- kwa Yosefu
- Amharic
- ለዮሴፍ
- Yoruba
- si Josefu
- Igbo
- nye Josef
- Twi
- ma Yosef
- Ewe
- na Yosef
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
KO-to-me-RU le-yo-SEF
- clause
KO-to-me-RU le-yo-SEF a-NA SA NA PE-sha a-KHE-kha ve-kha-ta-TAM ki-ra-A ge-ma-LU-kha ve-a-TA SA NA le-FE-sha av-DEI e-lo-HEI a-VI-kha
- sentence
KO-to-me-RU le-yo-SEF a-NA SA NA PE-sha a-KHE-kha ve-kha-ta-TAM ki-ra-A ge-ma-LU-kha ve-a-TA SA NA le-FE-sha av-DEI e-lo-HEI a-VI-kha va-YEVK yo-SEF be-dab-RAM e-LAV
In context — Genesis 50:17
thus you shall say to Joseph please forgive please the transgression of your brothers and their sin because evil they dealt to you and now forgive please for the transgression of the servants of the God of your father and he wept Joseph in their speaking to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 50:17, so the Hebrew word לְיוֹסֵ֗ף (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.50.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.17.W2.S1) and character.