2 Chronicles 24:20:32 Chr.24.20.W3TAB
לָֽבְשָׁה֙
lavesha
“clothed”
- Transliteration
- la-ve-SHA
- Extended
- laa-veh-SHAA
- IPA
- /laːvˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- clothed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ve-SHA
- clause
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM
- sentence
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with ruach Elohim {וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים | wə-rûaḥ ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘Spirit of God’, where the Qal perfect lavsha {לָֽבְשָׁה֙ | lā-ḇšāh} indicates divine agency.
Root and etymology
l-v-blamed–bet–bet
“heart”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God : Why are you transgressing the commands of the LORD ? You will not prosper because you have forsaken the LORD, and He will forsake you."
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 24:20, so the Hebrew word לָֽבְשָׁה֙ (lavesha) 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.24.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.20.W3.S1) and character.