2 Chronicles 17:7:112 Chr.17.7.W11TAB
לְלַמֵּ֖ד
lelammed
“to teach”
- Transliteration
- le-lam-MED
- Extended
- leh-lahm-MEED
- IPA
- /ləlammˈeːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- to teach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-lam-MED
- clause
le-lam-MED be-a-RE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
u-vi-shnat sha-LOSH le-mal-KHO sha-LAKH le-sa-RAV le-ven-kha-YIL u-le-o-vad-YA ve-liz-khar-YA ve-lin-ta-ne-EL u-le-mi-kha-YA-hu le-lam-MED be-a-RE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-lammed {לְלַמֵּ֖ד | lə-lam-mēd} expresses purpose ‘to teach.’
Root and etymology
ל־מ־ד
“to learn, teach”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:7
And in the third year of his reign he sent his officials —Ben-Hayil, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the towns of Judah .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 17:7, so the Hebrew word לְלַמֵּ֖ד (lelammed) 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.17.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.7.W11.S1) and character.