Genesis 6:21:11Gen.6.21.W11PAT
לְאָכְלָֽה׃
leokhla
“for food”
- Transliteration
- le-okh-LA
- Extended
- leh-ohkh-LAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔɔx.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for food
- French
- comme nourriture
- Spanish
- como alimento
- Portuguese
- como alimento
- German
- als Nahrung
- Russian
- в пищу
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِلطَّعَامِ
- Hindi
- भोजन के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作为食物
- Korean
- 음식으로
- Indonesian
- sebagai makanan
- Bengali
- খাবার হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang pagkain
- Swahili
- kama chakula
- Amharic
- ለምግብ
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí oúnjẹ
- Igbo
- dịka nri
- Twi
- sɛ aduan
- Ewe
- abe nuɖuɖu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-okh-LA
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-KHA ve-la-HEM le-okh-LA
- sentence
ve-at-TA kakh-le-KHA mik-kol-ma-a-KHAL a-SHER ye-a-KHEL ve-a-saf-TA e-LEE-kha ve-ha-YA le-KHA ve-la-HEM le-okh-LA
In context — Genesis 6:21
and you take for yourself from all food that is eaten gather to yourself it will be for food for you and for them
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 6:21, so the Hebrew word לְאָכְלָֽה׃ (leokhla) 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.6.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.21.W11.S1) and character.