Genesis 50:20:7Gen.50.20.W7PAT

לְטֹבָ֔ה

letova

for good

Transliteration
le-to-VA
Extended
leh-toh-VAAH
IPA
/lə.to.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
for good
French
pour le bien
Spanish
para bien
Portuguese
para o bem
German
zum Guten
Russian
во благо
Arabic-Simplified
لِلْخَيْرِ
Hindi
भलाई के लिये
Chinese-Simplified
为善
Korean
선을 위하여
Indonesian
untuk kebaikan
Bengali
কল্যাণের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa kabutihan
Swahili
kwa wema
Amharic
ለበጎ
Yoruba
fún rere
Igbo
maka ezi ihe
Twi
ma papa
Ewe
na nyuie ta

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Result
לְ + טֹ + בָ֔ה
le + to + va
letova

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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  1. word

    le-to-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kha-sha-VAH le-to-VA

  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 50:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 50:20, so the Hebrew word לְטֹבָ֔ה (letova) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.20.W7.S1) and character.