1 Chronicles 22:3:41 Chr.22.3.W4TAB
לְדַלְת֧וֹת
ledaltot
“for the doors”
- Transliteration
- le-dal-TOT
- Extended
- leh-dahl-TOHT
- IPA
- /ləðalˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the doors
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-dal-TOT
- phraseyour reading level
le-dal-TOT hash-she-a-RIM
- clause
u-var-ZEL la-ROV lam-MIS-me-RIM le-dal-TOT hash-she-a-RIM ve-lam-khab-BE-rot he-KHIN da-VID
- sentence
u-var-ZEL la-ROV lam-MIS-me-RIM le-dal-TOT hash-she-a-RIM ve-lam-khab-BE-rot he-KHIN da-VID u-ne-KHO-shet la-ROV EN mish-KAL
Exegesis
The construct chain lə-dal-tōṯ ha-she‘ā-rīm {לְדַלְת֧וֹת הַשְּׁעָרִים | lə-dal-tōṯ ha-she‘ā-rīm} specifies purpose “for the doors of the gates,” while wə-la-ma-ḥə-bə-rōṯ {וְלַמְחַבְּרוֹת | wə-la-ma-ḥə-bə-rōṯ} extends that purpose “for the joinings.”
Root and etymology
d-l-tdalet–lamed–tav
“door”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:3
And David prepared iron in abundance for nails for the doors of the gates and for the joinings , and he prepared bronze in abundance—beyond weighing.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 22:3, so the Hebrew word לְדַלְת֧וֹת (ledaltot) 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.22.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.3.W4.S1) and character.