1 Chronicles 17:21:101 Chr.17.21.W10TAB
לִפְדּ֧וֹת
lifdot
“to redeem”
- Transliteration
- lif-DOT
- Extended
- lihf-DOHT
- IPA
- /lifˈdoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to redeem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-DOT
- phraseyour reading level
lif-DOT LO AM
- clause
a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM
- sentence
u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM
Exegesis
A relative clause begins with ’ăšer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm {אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ’ă-šer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘whom the God went’, followed by the infinitive liṯ-pə-ḏōṯ {לִפְדּ֧וֹת | liṯ-pə-ḏō-ṯ} ‘to redeem’ and lōw ʿām {לוֹ עָם | lōw ʿām} ‘for Himself a people’, attributing divine initiative.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word לִפְדּ֧וֹת (lifdot) 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.17.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W10.S1) and character.