2 Chronicles 34:3:162 Chr.34.3.W16TAB
לְטַהֵ֗ר
letaher
“to cleanse, to purify”
- Transliteration
- le-ta-HER
- Extended
- leh-tah-HEER
- IPA
- /lətaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cleanse, to purify
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
u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT
- sentence
u-vish-mo-NE sha-NIM le-mal-KHO ve-HU o-DE-nu NA-ar he-KHEL lid-ROSH le-e-lo-HE da-VID a-VIV u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT
Exegesis
The infinitives li-drōš {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-drōš} and lə-ṭāhēr {לְטַהֵ֗ר | lə-ṭā-hēr} introduce purpose clauses of seeking and cleansing.
Root and etymology
ט–ה–רt-h-r
“to cleanse, purify”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:3
And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherim , the idols, and the molten images.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 34:3, so the Hebrew word לְטַהֵ֗ר (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.34.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.3.W16.S1) and character.