2 Chronicles 32:3:42 Chr.32.3.W4TAB
לִסְתּוֹם֙
listom
“to stop up”
- Transliteration
- lis-TOM
- Extended
- lihs-TOHM
- IPA
- /lis.ˈtoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to stop up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lis-TOM
- clause
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR
- sentence
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR va-ya-ez-ru-HU
Exegesis
The purpose of the action is indicated by the infinitive construct listom {לִסְתּוֹם | listôm} ‘to stop up’, governing the direct object marker et with the noun phrase meimei ha‘ayanot {מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנֹת | mêymêh hāʿăyânôṯ} ‘the waters of the springs’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:3
And he consulted with his officials and his mighty men to block the waters of the springs which are outside the city, and they helped him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 32:3, so the Hebrew word לִסְתּוֹם֙ (listom) 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.32.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.3.W4.S1) and character.