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
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
al-ma-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH
- clause
al-ma-NAH u-ge-ROO-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yi-KAAKH
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.