1 Chronicles 16:42:121 Chr.16.42.W12TAB
לַשָּֽׁעַר׃
lashaar
“to the gate”
- Transliteration
- la-SHA-ar
- Extended
- lah-SHAA-ahr
- IPA
- /laʃːaˈʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the gate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHA-ar
- clause
u-ve-NE ye-du-TUN la-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-im-ma-HEM he-MAN vi-du-TUN kha-tso-tse-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim le-mash-mi-IM u-khe-LE SHIR ha-e-lo-HIM u-ve-NE ye-du-TUN la-SHA-ar
Exegesis
Finally, the sequence uvnei yedutun lashaar {וּבְנֵ֥י יְדוּת֖וּן לַשָּֽׁעַר | u-və-nê yə-du-tûn la-šā-ʿar} specifies the sons of Jeduthun positioned at the gate, reflecting hierarchical and locational information.
Root and etymology
š-ʿ-rshin–ayin–resh
“gate, opening”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:42
With them were Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals to make a sound and instruments for the song of God . The sons of Jeduthun were at the gate .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:42:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 16:42, so the Hebrew word לַשָּֽׁעַר׃ (lashaar) 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.16.42.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.42.W12.S1) and character.