Genesis 9:3:6Gen.9.3.W6PAT

לְאָכְלָ֑ה

lehohkhlaa

as food

Transliteration
leh-OHKH-LAA
Extended
leh-OHKH-LAA
IPA
/lə.ʔɔx.ˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
as food
French
comme nourriture
Spanish
como alimento
Portuguese
como alimento
German
als Nahrung
Russian
как пищу
Arabic-Simplified
كطعام
Hindi
भोजन के रूप में
Chinese-Simplified
作为食物
Korean
먹이로
Indonesian
sebagai makanan
Bengali
খাবার হিসেবে
Tagalog
bilang pagkain
Swahili
kama chakula
Amharic
እንደ ምግብ
Yoruba
gẹ́gẹ́ bí oúnjẹ
Igbo
dị ka nri
Twi
sɛ aduan
Ewe
na nuɖuɖu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + אָכְ + לָ֑ה
leh + ohkh + laa
lehohkhlaa

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-OHKH-LAA

  2. clause

    kol-RE-mes a-SHER hoo-KHAI la-KHEM yih-YEH leh-OHKH-LAA

  3. sentence

    kol-RE-mes a-SHER hoo-KHAI la-KHEM yih-YEH leh-OHKH-LAA keh-YEH-rek EH-sev nah-TAHT-tee la-KHEM et-KOL

In contextGenesis 9:3

every moving creature that lives will be as food for you like the green of herbage gave to you everything

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 9:3, so the Hebrew word לְאָכְלָ֑ה (lehohkhlaa) 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.9.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.3.W6.S1) and character.