1 Kings 13:34:81 Kgs.13.34.W8TAB
וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד
ulehashmid
“to destroy”
- Transliteration
- u-le-hash-MID
- Extended
- oo-leh-hahsh-MEED
- IPA
- /uːləhɑʃˈmiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-hash-MID
- clause
u-le-hakh-KHID u-le-hash-MID me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI bad-da-VAR ha-ZE le-khat-TAT BET ya-rav-AM u-le-hakh-KHID u-le-hash-MID me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The successive Hiphil infinitives uləḥakhkhîd {וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ | uləḥakhkhîd} ‘to cut off’ and uləhāšmîd {וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד | uləhāšmîd} ‘to destroy’ intensify the decree of removal.
In context — 1 Kings 13:34
And it came to be in this matter that the house of Jeroboam sinned and was cut off and destroyed from upon the face of the earth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 13:34, so the Hebrew word וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד (ulehashmid) 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.13.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.34.W8.S1) and character.