2 Chronicles 28:13:122 Chr.28.13.W12TAB
לְהֹסִ֥יף
lehosif
“to add”
- Transliteration
- le-ho-SIF
- Extended
- leh-hoh-SEEF
- IPA
- /ləhoːˈsiːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to add
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ho-SIF
- phraseyour reading level
le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU la-HEM lo-ta-VI-u et-ha-shiv-YA HEN-na KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu a-TEM o-me-RIM le-ho-SIF al-kha-to-TE-nu ve-al-ash-ma-TE-nu ki-rab-BA ash-MA LA-nu va-kha-RON AF al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle omrim {אֹמְרִים | ʾŏm·rîm} and infinitive lehosif {לְהֹסִיף | lə·hō·sîp} introduce an accusation in parallel phrases al-chatoteinu {עַל־חַטֹּאותֵינוּ | al·ḥa·ṭō·ṯê·nû} and ve-al-ashmateinu {וְעַל־אַשְׁמָתֵינוּ | wə·ʿal·ʾaš·mə·ṯê·nû}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:13
And they said to them, “You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt before the LORD is upon us. You are proposing to increase our sins and our guilt, for great is the guilt upon us, and wrath and anger is upon Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word לְהֹסִ֥יף (lehosif) 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.28.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W12.S1) and character.