1 Samuel 19:15:111 Sam.19.15.W11TAB
לַהֲמִתֽוֹ׃
lahamito
“to put him to death”
- Transliteration
- la-ha-mi-TO
- Extended
- lah-ah-mih-TOH
- IPA
- /lahămiˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to put him to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
la-ha-mi-TO
- clause
ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive la-hammîtō {לַהֲמִתֽוֹ | la-hă-mîṯō} ‘to kill him’ expresses the purpose of the command. This sequence of purpose infinitives and imperative introduced by the speech formula is characteristic of Hebrew narrative structuring a lethal mission.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed so that I may kill him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word לַהֲמִתֽוֹ׃ (lahamito) 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 Sam.19.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.15.W11.S1) and character.