2 Chronicles 29:15:82 Chr.29.15.W8TAB
לְטַהֵ֖ר
letaher
“to cleanse”
- Transliteration
- le-ta-HER
- Extended
- leh-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /lətaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cleanse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ta-HER
- clause
le-ta-HER BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS-fe-u et-a-khe-HEM va-yit-kad-DE-shu va-ya-VO-u khe-mits-VAT-ha-ME-lekh be-div-RE ye-ho-VAH le-ta-HER BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive ləṭahēr {לְטַהֵר | ləṭahēr} functions as a purpose clause ‘to purify,’ and the construct bēt Yəhōwāh {בֵּית יְהוָה | bēt Yəhōwāh} designates the temple as the locus of sanctification. This order (royal → divine → purpose) highlights the interplay of human and divine agency in sacred cleansing.
Root and etymology
ט־ה־ר
“to be clean, purify”
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:15
And they gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves, and they came according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD to purify the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 29:15, so the Hebrew word לְטַהֵ֖ר (letaher) 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.29.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.15.W8.S1) and character.