1 Kings 21:18:131 Kgs.21.18.W13TAB
לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
lerishto
“to take possession of it”
- Transliteration
- le-rish-TO
- Extended
- leh-rihsh-TOH
- IPA
- /ləriʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to take possession of it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-rish-TO
- clause
hi-NE be-KHE-rem na-VOT a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM le-rish-TO
- sentence
KUM RED lik-RAT akh-AV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL a-SHER be-sho-me-RON hi-NE be-KHE-rem na-VOT a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM le-rish-TO
Exegesis
The perfect yarad {יָרַד | yāraḏ} ‘has gone down’ indicates completed action with present relevance, and the infinitive le-rishto {לְרִשְׁתּוֹ | lə-riš-tô} ‘to take possession of it’ states his purpose.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-resh-shin
“to possess, inherit”
In context — 1 Kings 21:18
Arise , go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 21:18, so the Hebrew word לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ (lerishto) 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.21.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.18.W13.S1) and character.