Genesis 9:11:12Gen.9.11.W12PAT
לְשַׁחֵ֥ת
leshakhet
“to ruin”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KHET
- Extended
- leh-shah-KHEHT
- IPA
- /lə.ʃa.ˈħeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to ruin
- French
- pour ruiner
- Spanish
- para arruinar
- Portuguese
- para arruinar
- German
- um zu zerstören
- Russian
- чтобы уничтожить
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيُهْلِكَ
- Hindi
- नष्ट करने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 来毁灭
- Korean
- 멸하려고
- Indonesian
- untuk menghancurkan
- Bengali
- ধ্বংস করতে
- Tagalog
- upang wasakin
- Swahili
- kuharibu
- Amharic
- ለማጥፋት
- Yoruba
- lati pa run
- Igbo
- imebi
- Twi
- sɛe
- Ewe
- gblẽ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-KHET
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-KHET ha-a-RETS
- clause
ve-lo-yih-YEH OD mab-BUL le-sha-KHET ha-a-RETS
- sentence
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI it-KHEM ve-lo-yik-ka-RET kol-ba-SAR OD mim-MEI ham-ma-BUL ve-lo-yih-YEH OD mab-BUL le-sha-KHET ha-a-RETS
In context — Genesis 9:11
will make firm my covenant with you will not be severed any more all flesh from the waters of the flood there will not be another flood to ruin the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 9:11, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁחֵ֥ת (leshakhet) 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.9.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.11.W12.S1) and character.