2 Chronicles 4:6:92 Chr.4.6.W9TAB
לְרָחְצָ֣ה
lerakhtsa
“for washing”
- Transliteration
- le-rakh-TSA
- Extended
- leh-raakh-TSAA
- IPA
- /ləraːħˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for washing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-rakh-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
le-rakh-TSA va-HEM
- clause
va-ya-AS ki-yo-RIM a-sa-RA va-yit-TEN kha-mi-SHA mi-ya-MIN va-kha-mi-SHA mis-se-MOL le-rakh-TSA va-HEM et-ma-a-SE ha-o-LA ya-di-KHU VAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ki-yo-RIM a-sa-RA va-yit-TEN kha-mi-SHA mi-ya-MIN va-kha-mi-SHA mis-se-MOL le-rakh-TSA va-HEM et-ma-a-SE ha-o-LA ya-di-KHU VAM ve-ha-YAM le-rakh-TSA la-ko-ha-NIM BO
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive lerachtzah {לְרָחְצָה | lə-rā-ḥə-ṣāh} ‘for washing’ with bahem {בָהֶם | ba-hēm} ‘in them’ marks the basins’ function.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ḥet–tsade
“washing; cleansing process”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:6
And he made ten basins , placing five on the right and five on the left for washing; in them they would rinse the work of the burnt offering, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 4:6, so the Hebrew word לְרָחְצָ֣ה (lerakhtsa) 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.4.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.6.W9.S1) and character.