2 Chronicles 8:9:72 Chr.8.9.W7TAB
לִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ
limlaakhto
“for his work”
- Transliteration
- lim-la-akh-TO
- Extended
- lihm-lah-akh-TOH
- IPA
- /lim.lɑʔxˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lim-la-akh-TO
- clause
u-min-be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO la-a-va-DIM lim-la-akh-TO
- sentence
u-min-be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-na-TAN she-lo-MO la-a-va-DIM lim-la-akh-TO ki-HE-ma an-SHEI mil-kha-MA ve-sa-REI sha-li-SHAV ve-sa-REI rikh-BO u-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The complement laavadim {לַעֲבָדִים | la-ʿă-vā-dîm} ‘as servants/slaves’ with limelakhto {לִמְלַאכְתּוֹ | li-mə-laʾḵ-tô} ‘for his work’ expresses the intended function that is denied.
Root and etymology
m-l-’-k
“work, labor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:9
But from the Israelites, Solomon did not give any as slaves for his work; for they were men of war , and the officers of his captains , and the officers of his chariotry, and his horsemen.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 8:9, so the Hebrew word לִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ (limlaakhto) 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.8.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.9.W7.S1) and character.