Genesis 9:15:14Gen.9.15.W14PAT
לְשַׁחֵ֖ת
leshakhet
“to destroy”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KHET
- Extended
- leh-shah-KHET
- IPA
- /lə.ʃa.ˈħeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy
- French
- pour détruire
- Spanish
- para destruir
- Portuguese
- para destruir
- German
- um zu vernichten
- Russian
- чтобы уничтожить
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيُهْلِكَ
- Hindi
- नाश करने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去毁灭
- Korean
- 멸하려고
- Indonesian
- untuk memusnahkan
- Bengali
- ধ্বংস করতে
- Tagalog
- upang wasakin
- Swahili
- kuharibu
- Amharic
- ለማጥፋት
- Yoruba
- lati run
- Igbo
- imebi
- Twi
- sɛɛ
- 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
- clause
ve-lo-yi-he-YEH OD ha-MA-yim le-ma-BUL le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR
- sentence
ve-za-khar-TI et-beh-ree-TEE a-SHER BEI-ni oo-bei-nei-KHEM oo-BEIN kol-NE-fesh kha-YA beh-kol-ba-SAR ve-lo-yi-he-YEH OD ha-MA-yim le-ma-BUL le-sha-KHET kol-ba-SAR
In context — Genesis 9:15
I will remember my covenant that is between me and between you and between every being living of all flesh the waters will not be again as a flood to destroy all flesh
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 9:15, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁחֵ֖ת (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.9.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.15.W14.S1) and character.