Genesis 50:20:12Gen.50.20.W12PAT

לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת

lehakhayot

to keep alive

Transliteration
le-ha-kha-YOT
Extended
leh-hah-khah-YOHT
IPA
/lə.ha.ħă.ˈjoːθ/

Meaning by language

English
to keep alive
French
pour garder en vie
Spanish
para mantener con vida
Portuguese
para conservar vivos
German
am Leben zu erhalten
Russian
сохранить в живых
Arabic-Simplified
لِإِحْيَاءِ
Hindi
जीवित रखने के लिये
Chinese-Simplified
使存活
Korean
살려 두려고
Indonesian
untuk menghidupkan
Bengali
বাঁচিয়ে রাখতে
Tagalog
upang panatilihing buhay
Swahili
kuhifadhi hai
Amharic
ለማኖር
Yoruba
láti pa á mọ́ láàyè
Igbo
ime ka ọ dị ndụ
Twi
na wakora nkwa
Ewe
be wòatsi agbe na

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Result
לְ + הַ + חֲ + יֹ֥ת
le + ha + kha + yot
lehakhayot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ha-kha-YOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ha-kha-YOT am-RAV

  3. clause

    e-lo-HIM kha-sha-VAH le-to-VA le-MA-an a-SO ka-YOM ha-ZE le-ha-kha-YOT am-RAV

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TEM kha-shav-TEM a-LAI ra-A e-lo-HIM kha-sha-VAH le-to-VA le-MA-an a-SO ka-YOM ha-ZE le-ha-kha-YOT am-RAV

In contextGenesis 50:20

and you you planned against me evil God planned it for good in order that to do as the day this to keep alive many people

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 50:20, so the Hebrew word לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת (lehakhayot) 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.50.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.20.W12.S1) and character.