2 Chronicles 30:7:102 Chr.30.7.W10TAB
לְשַׁמָּ֔ה
leshama
“to desolation”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-MA
- Extended
- leh-shah-MAA
- IPA
- /ləʃamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to desolation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-neM le-sha-MA
- clause
va-yit-neM le-sha-MA ka-a-SHER a-TEM ro-IM
- sentence
ve-al-ti-HYU ka-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-kha-a-khe-KHEM a-SHER ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-yit-neM le-sha-MA ka-a-SHER a-TEM ro-IM
Exegesis
The vav consecutive wə-yitnêm {וַיִּתְּנֵ֣ם | wə-yitnêm} “and He gave them over” signals consequence, with lə-šammāh {לְשַׁמָּ֔ה | lə-šammāh} “to desolation” as the resulting state.
Root and etymology
Roots-m-m
“desolation, astonishment”
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:7
Do not be like your fathers or your brothers who trespassed against the LORD , the God of their fathers, and He gave them over to desolation , just as you are seeing.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 30:7, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (leshama) 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.30.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.7.W10.S1) and character.