1 Chronicles 15:19:71 Chr.15.19.W7TAB
לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃
lehashmia
“to make sound or to sound”
- Transliteration
- le-hash-mi-A
- Extended
- leh-hahsh-mih-EE-ah
- IPA
- /ləhɑʃˈmiː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make sound or to sound
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hash-mi-A
- clause
bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A
- sentence
ve-ham-sho-re-RIM he-MAN a-SAF ve-e-TAN bim-tsil-ta-YIM ne-KHO-shet le-hash-mi-A
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive ləhašmîaʿ {לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ | ləhašmîaʿ} ‘to make heard’ occupies the clause-final position to express purpose, which English renders with a corresponding purpose clause.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿshin-mem-ayin
“cause to hear, proclaim”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:19
And the singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were with bronze cymbals to make the sound heard by all.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 15:19, so the Hebrew word לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃ (lehashmia) 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.15.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.19.W7.S1) and character.