2 Chronicles 16:1:122 Chr.16.1.W12TAB
לְבִלְתִּ֗י
levilti
“so as not”
- Transliteration
- le-vil-TI
- Extended
- leh-vihl-TEE
- IPA
- /ləvilˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- so as not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-vil-TI
- clause
le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Purpose is expressed by levilti tet {לְבִלְתִּ֗י תֵּ֚ת | ləviltî tēt} ‘so as not to permit’, which takes as its complement the participial pair yotzei vava {יוֹצֵ֣א וָבָ֔א | yōṣēʾ wāḇāʾ} ‘going out and coming in’; this merism summarizes all movement, explaining the strategic intent to restrict access to Asa.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:1
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign , Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah , so that he would not permit anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֗י (levilti) 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 2 Chr.16.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.1.W12.S1) and character.