2 Chronicles 35:8:22 Chr.35.8.W2TAB
לִנְדָבָ֥ה
lindava
“as a freewill offering”
- Transliteration
- lin-da-VA
- Extended
- lihn-dah-VAA
- IPA
- /lin.daːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a freewill offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lin-da-VA
- phraseyour reading level
lin-da-VA la-AM
- clause
ve-sa-RAV lin-da-VA la-AM la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM he-ri-MU
- sentence
ve-sa-RAV lin-da-VA la-AM la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM he-ri-MU khil-ki-YA u-ze-khar-ya-HU vi-khi-e-EL ne-gi-DE BET ha-e-lo-HIM la-ko-ha-NIM nat-NU lap-pe-sa-KHIM al-pa-YIM ve-SHESH me-OT u-va-KAR she-LOSH me-OT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the topic vesarav {וְשָׂרָיו | wə-sā-rā-v} ‘and his officials’ introducing the agents, followed by the infinitival substantive lindavah {לִנְדָבָה | lin-dā-wā} ‘freewill offering’ specifying gift type.
Root and etymology
n-d-bnun–dalet–bet
“to give freely”
In context — 2 Chronicles 35:8
And his officials contributed a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites; Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders of the house of God , gave to the priests 2,600 Passover-offerings and 300 bulls.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 35:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 35:8, so the Hebrew word לִנְדָבָ֥ה (lindava) 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.35.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.35.8.W2.S1) and character.