2 Chronicles 25:9:52 Chr.25.9.W5TAB
וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙
umalaasot
“and what to do”
- Transliteration
- u-MA-la-a-sot
- Extended
- oo-MAH-lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /uː.ˈmaː.lă.ʕaˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what to do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-MA-la-a-sot
- clause
va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE
Exegesis
The indirect question features the infinitive clause umahlasot {וּמַה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת | wə-mah-la‘āśôt} ‘and what to do’, reflecting Hebrew verb-first ordering.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what should be done for the hundred talents that I gave to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 25:9, so the Hebrew word וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙ (umalaasot) 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.25.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.9.W5.S1) and character.