Genesis 7:3:8Gen.7.3.W8PAT
לְחַיּ֥וֹת
lehkhaiyot
“to keep alive”
- Transliteration
- leh-khai-YOT
- Extended
- leh-khai-YOHT
- IPA
- /lə.ħaj.ˈjoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep alive
- French
- pour garder en vie
- Spanish
- para mantener con vida
- Portuguese
- para manter vivo
- German
- um am Leben zu erhalten
- Russian
- чтобы сохранить живым
- Arabic-Simplified
- لإبقاء حيًا
- Hindi
- जीवित रखने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为使存活
- Korean
- 살려 두기 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk menjaga hidup
- Bengali
- জীবিত রাখতে
- Tagalog
- upang panatilihing buhay
- Swahili
- kuhifadhi hai
- Amharic
- ለማኖር
- Yoruba
- láti pa mọ́ láàyè
- Igbo
- iji chekwaa ndụ
- Twi
- ma nkwa
- Ewe
- be woakpɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-khai-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
leh-khai-YOT ZE-ra
- clause
leh-khai-YOT ZE-ra al-pe-NEI kohl-ha-A-rets
- sentence
GAM me-OF ha-sha-MA-yim shiv-A shiv-A za-KHAR oo-ne-KE-VA leh-khai-YOT ZE-ra al-pe-NEI kohl-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 7:3
also seven seven from birds of the heavens male and female to keep alive offspring on the face of all the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 7:3, so the Hebrew word לְחַיּ֥וֹת (lehkhaiyot) 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.7.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.3.W8.S1) and character.