Genesis 50:24:17Gen.50.24.W17PAT

לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם

leavraham

to Abraham

Transliteration
le-av-ra-HAM
Extended
leh-av-rah-HAAHM
IPA
/lə.ʔav.raːˈhaːm/

Meaning by language

English
to Abraham
French
à Abraham
Spanish
a Abraham
Portuguese
a Abraão
German
zu Abraham
Russian
Аврааму
Arabic-Simplified
لإبراهيم
Hindi
इब्राहीम से
Chinese-Simplified
向亚伯拉罕
Korean
아브라함에게
Indonesian
kepada Abraham
Bengali
আব্রাহামের কাছে
Tagalog
kay Abraham
Swahili
kwa Ibrahimu
Amharic
ለአብርሃም
Yoruba
sí Ábúráhámù
Igbo
nye Abraham
Twi
maa Abraham
Ewe
na Abraham

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Result
לְ + אַבְ + רָ + הָ֥ם
le + av + ra + ham
leavraham

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-av-ra-HAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    ve-e-lo-HIM pa-KOD yif-KOD et-KHEM ve-he-e-LA et-KHEM min-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT el-ha-A-rets a-SHER nish-BA le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-e-KHAV a-no-KHI MET ve-e-lo-HIM pa-KOD yif-KOD et-KHEM ve-he-e-LA et-KHEM min-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT el-ha-A-rets a-SHER nish-BA le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK u-le-ya-a-KOV

In contextGenesis 50:24

and said Joseph to his brothers I am dying and God surely will visit you and will bring up you from the land this to the land that swore to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 50:24, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם (leavraham) 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.50.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.24.W17.S1) and character.