2 Chronicles 28:13:72 Chr.28.13.W7TAB
לְאַשְׁמַ֨ת
leashmat
“for guilt of”
- Transliteration
- le-ash-MAT
- Extended
- leh-ash-MAHT
- IPA
- /ləʔaʃˈmat/
Meaning by language
- English
- for guilt of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ash-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
KI le-ash-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-LE-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 conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} marks the causal clause with le-ashmat YHWH {לְאַשְׁמַת יְהוָה | lə·ʾash·māt yə·hō·wāh} explaining the reason.
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 28:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 28:13, so the Hebrew word לְאַשְׁמַ֨ת (leashmat) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.13.W7.S1) and character.