1 Chronicles 21:15:51 Chr.21.15.W5TAB
לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒
lehashkhitah
“to destroy it”
- Transliteration
- le-hash-khi-TAH
- Extended
- leh-hahsh-khih-TAAH
- IPA
- /ləhaʃ.ħiːˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy it
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hash-khi-TAH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI
Exegesis
The opening verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyiššaḥ} ‘and he sent’ initiates divine agency, followed by the mission of malʾākh {מַלְאָךְ | malʾāḵ} ‘angel’ with the infinitive ləhašḵîṯāh {לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ | ləhašḵîṯāh} ‘to destroy it,’ establishing purpose.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:15
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as he was destroying, the LORD saw and relented concerning the calamity , and He said to the destroyer, “Enough ! Now hold back your hand.” Then the angel of the LORD stood at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:15, so the Hebrew word לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ (lehashkhitah) 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.21.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.15.W5.S1) and character.