1 Kings 13:29:121 Kgs.13.29.W12TAB
לִסְפֹּ֖ד
lispod
“to mourn”
- Transliteration
- lis-POD
- Extended
- lihs-POHD
- IPA
- /lisˈpoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to mourn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lis-POD
- clause
va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
- sentence
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
Exegesis
The infinitives lispod {לִסְפֹּד | liśpōḏ} ‘to mourn’ and ul-kavro {וּלְקָבְרוֹ | ū-lə-qāvrô} ‘to bury him’ express purpose.
Root and etymology
s-p-dsamekh–pe–dalet
“to mourn, lament”
In context — 1 Kings 13:29
And the prophet lifted the body of the man of God and placed it upon the donkey. Then he brought him back and came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:29, so the Hebrew word לִסְפֹּ֖ד (lispod) 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 Kgs.13.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.29.W12.S1) and character.