Luke 1:20:8Luke.1.20.W8PAT

λαλῆσαι

lalêsai

to speak

Transliteration
la-LÊ-sai
Extended
lah-LÊ-sai
IPA
/laˈlɛː.sai/

Meaning by language

English
to speak
French
parler
Spanish
hablar
Portuguese
falar
German
sprechen
Russian
говорить
Arabic-Simplified
يتكلم
Hindi
बोलना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말하다
Indonesian
berbicara
Bengali
বলতে
Tagalog
magsalita
Swahili
kusema
Amharic
ለመናገር
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kwuo
Twi
kasa
Ewe
gblɔ

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Result
λα + λῆ + σαι
la + lê + sai
lalêsai

Alphabet Analysis

Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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  1. word

    la-LÊ-sai

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI i-DOO E-SÊI si-o-PÔN KAI MÊ dy-NA-me-nos la-LÊ-sai A-khri HÊS hê-ME-ras GE-NÊ-tai TAU-ta

  3. sentence

    KAI i-DOO E-SÊI si-o-PÔN KAI MÊ dy-NA-me-nos la-LÊ-sai A-khri HÊS hê-ME-ras GE-NÊ-tai TAU-ta anth HÔN ouk e-PI-steu-sas tois LO-gois mou HOI-ti-nes plê-rô-THÊ-son-tai eis ton kai-RON au-TÔN

In contextLuke 1:20

and behold you will be silent and not being able to speak until when day may happen these things because of which not you believed to the words my which will be fulfilled into the time of them

About this coordinate

Luke 1:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 1:20, so the Greek word λαλῆσαι (lalêsai) 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 Luke.1.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.20.W8.S1) and character.