1 Kings 17:20:121 Kgs.17.20.W12TAB
לְהָמִ֥ית
lehamit
“to cause to die, to put to death”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-MIT
- Extended
- leh-haa-MEET
- IPA
- /ləhaːˈmiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cause to die, to put to death
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-MIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect harēʿōṯā {הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ | harēʿōṯā} plus the infinitive construct ləhammit {לְהָמִ֥ית | ləhammit} expresses a causative result.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word לְהָמִ֥ית (lehamit) 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.17.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W12.S1) and character.