2 Kings 15:19:102 Kgs.15.19.W10TAB
לִהְי֤וֹת
lihyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-YOT
- Extended
- lih-YOHT
- IPA
- /lihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lih-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
lih-YOT ya-DAV
- clause
lih-YOT ya-DAV it-TO le-ha-kha-ZIK ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
- sentence
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-ha-A-rets va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM le-PUL E-lef kik-KAR-ka-SEF lih-YOT ya-DAV it-TO le-ha-kha-ZIK ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The noun phrase elef kikkar kasef {אֶלֶף כִּכַּר־כָּסֶף | ʾelep̄ kikkar kasep̄} ‘a thousand talents of silver’ functions as the direct object, followed by two Pi‘el infinitives lihiyot {לִהְיוֹת | lihyôt} ‘to be’ and ləhaḥăzîq {לְהַחֲזִיק | ləhaḥăzîq} ‘to support’, which express purpose.
In context — 2 Kings 15:19
Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him, to support the kingdom in his hand.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word לִהְי֤וֹת (lihyot) 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 Kgs.15.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.19.W10.S1) and character.