Leviticus 21:14:1Lev.21.14.W1PAT

אַלְמָנָ֤ה

almanah

widow

Transliteration
al-ma-NAH
Extended
al-mah-NAAH
IPA
/ʔal.maˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
widow
French
veuve
Spanish
viuda
Portuguese
viúva
German
Witwe
Russian
вдова
Arabic-Simplified
أرملة
Hindi
विधवा
Chinese-Simplified
寡妇
Korean
과부
Indonesian
janda
Bengali
বিধবা
Tagalog
balo
Swahili
mjane
Amharic
መበለት
Yoruba
opó
Igbo
nwanyi di ya nwuru
Twi
okunafoɔ
Ewe
agbalẽ

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Result
אַלְ + מָ + נָ֤ה
al + ma + nah
almanah

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-ma-NAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH

  3. clause

    al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yi-KAAKH

  4. sentence

    al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yi-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yi-KAKH i-SHAH

In contextLeviticus 21:14

not take widow divorced woman defiled woman prostitute these but virgin from his people take wife

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word אַלְמָנָ֤ה (almanah) 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.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W1.S1) and character.