Genesis 50:17:21Gen.50.17.W21PAT
אֵלָֽיו׃
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- e-LAV
- Extended
- eh-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeː.ˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
- French
- à lui
- Spanish
- a él
- Portuguese
- a ele
- German
- zu ihm
- Russian
- к нему
- Arabic-Simplified
- إليه
- Hindi
- उसके पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对他
- Korean
- 그에게
- Indonesian
- kepadanya
- Bengali
- তার কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa kanya
- Swahili
- kwake
- Amharic
- ወደ እርሱ
- Yoruba
- si i
- Igbo
- nye ya
- Twi
- kɔmaa no
- Ewe
- na eya
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
be-dab-RAM e-LAV
- clause
va-YEVK yo-SEF be-dab-RAM e-LAV
- 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 50:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Genesis 50:17, so the Hebrew word אֵלָֽיו׃ (elav) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.17.W21.S1) and character.