1 Chronicles 21:23:151 Chr.21.23.W15TAB

לָעֵצִ֛ים

laetsim

for the wood

Transliteration
la-e-TSIM
Extended
laa-ee-TSEEM
IPA
/laːʕeːˈtsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
for the wood

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לָ + עֵ + צִ֛ים
la + e + tsim
laetsim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-e-TSIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-mo-rig-GIM la-e-TSIM

  3. clause

    re-E na-TAT-ti ha-ba-KAR la-o-LOT ve-ha-mo-rig-GIM la-e-TSIM ve-ha-khit-TIM la-min-KHA ha-KOL na-TAT-ti

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer or-NAN el-da-VID kakh-LAKH ve-ya-AS a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ha-TOV be-ei-NAV re-E na-TAT-ti ha-ba-KAR la-o-LOT ve-ha-mo-rig-GIM la-e-TSIM ve-ha-khit-TIM la-min-KHA ha-KOL na-TAT-ti

Exegesis

The prepositional series la-olot {לָעֹלוֹת | la-ʿô-lō-wōṯ}, la-etsim {לָעֵצִים | la-ʿê-ṣîm}, and la-minchah {לַמִּנְחָה | la-min-ḥā} specifies ritual and practical purposes, rendered through parallel coordination in English.

In context1 Chronicles 21:23

And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I have given the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 21:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 21:23, so the Hebrew word לָעֵצִ֛ים (laetsim) 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.21.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.23.W15.S1) and character.