1 Chronicles 16:21:31 Chr.16.21.W3TAB
לְעָשְׁקָ֔ם
leashkeam
“to oppress them”
- Transliteration
- le-ASH-keam
- Extended
- leh-AASH-keh-aam
- IPA
- /ləʕaːʃəˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to oppress them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ASH-keam
- sentence
lo-hi-NI-akh le-ISH le-ASH-keam va-yo-KHAKH a-LEI-hem me-la-KHIM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lə-‘āšqām {לְעָשְׁקָם | lə-‘āšqām} specifies the disallowed action.
Root and etymology
‘–š–q‘-š-q
“to oppress, exploit”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:21
He did not allow any man to oppress them, and He rebuked kings for their sake.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:21, so the Hebrew word לְעָשְׁקָ֔ם (leashkeam) 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.16.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.21.W3.S1) and character.