1 Chronicles 15:16:51 Chr.15.16.W5TAB
לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד
lehaamid
“to cause to stand or to appoint”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-a-MID
- Extended
- leh-hah-ah-MEED
- IPA
- /ləhaʕăˈmiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cause to stand or to appoint
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-a-MID
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct le-ha-amid {לְהַעֲמִיד | lə-hā‘ămîd} plus the direct object marker et-acheihem {אֶת־אֲחֵיהֶם | ʾet-’ăḥêyĕhem} signals active assignment.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:16
David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song—lyres, harps, and cymbals—so they would sound out, lifting their voices in joy .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד (lehaamid) 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 1 Chr.15.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W5.S1) and character.