Leviticus 19:31:4Lev.19.31.W4PAT
אַל־תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ
altevakshu
“do not seek”
- Transliteration
- al-te-vak-SHU
- Extended
- ahl-teh-vak-SHOO
- IPA
- /ʔal.təvakˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not seek
- French
- ne cherchez pas
- Spanish
- no busquéis
- Portuguese
- não procureis
- German
- sucht nicht
- Russian
- не ищите
- Arabic-Simplified
- لا تطلبوا
- Hindi
- मत खोजो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不要寻找
- Korean
- 찾지 마라
- Indonesian
- jangan mencari
- Bengali
- খুঁজো না
- Tagalog
- huwag ninyong hanapin
- Swahili
- msitafute
- Amharic
- አትፈልጉ
- Yoruba
- ẹ má wa
- Igbo
- unu achọla
- Twi
- Monnhwehwɛ
- Ewe
- mègabia
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-te-vak-SHU
- clause
al-tihf-NU ehl-hah-o-VOT veh-ehl-ha-yid-de-o-NIM al-te-vak-SHU leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM
- sentence
al-tihf-NU ehl-hah-o-VOT veh-ehl-ha-yid-de-o-NIM al-te-vak-SHU leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM
In context — Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to the mediums and to the necromancers do not seek to become unclean by them I LORD your God
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:31:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:31, so the Hebrew word אַל־תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ (altevakshu) 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 Lev.19.31.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.31.W4.S1) and character.