2 Chronicles 20:18:112 Chr.20.18.W11TAB
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת
lehishtakhavot
“to bow down”
- Transliteration
- le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- Extended
- leh-hihsh-tah-khah-VOHT
- IPA
- /ləhɪʃ.tɑħăˈwoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to bow down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- clause
ve-khol-ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim na-fe-LU lif-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-KOD ye-ho-sha-FAT a-PA-yim AR-tse ve-khol-ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim na-fe-LU lif-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | lîp̄nê} ‘before’ with YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yəhōwāh} grounds the act in divine presence, while the infinitive construct lehishtachavot {לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת | ləhištaccāwôṯ} ‘to bow down in worship’ followed by laYHWH {לַיהוָֽה | la-Yəhōwāh} expresses purpose. This structure ties together royal humility and corporate worship directed toward the LORD.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ה
“to bow down, prostrate, worship”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:18
And Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD to worship Him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 20:18, so the Hebrew word לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת (lehishtakhavot) 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.20.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.18.W11.S1) and character.