1 Samuel 19:15:41 Sam.19.15.W4TAB
לִרְא֥וֹת
lirot
“to see”
- Transliteration
- lir-OT
- Extended
- lihr-OHT
- IPA
- /lirˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to see
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lir-OT
- phraseyour reading level
lir-OT et-da-VID
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR
- 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 infinitive li-rʾōṯ {לִרְא֥וֹת | li-rə-ʾōṯ} expresses purpose ‘to see’ David.
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 19:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word לִרְא֥וֹת (lirot) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.15.W4.S1) and character.