2 Kings 17:12:82 Kgs.17.12.W8TAB
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ
taasu
“you shall do”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-SU
- Extended
- tah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /taʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
LO ta-a-SU
- clause
a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The particles lo {לֹ֥א | lō} ‘not’ and ta’asu {תַעֲשׂ֖וּ | ta·ʿă·śû} ‘you shall do’ form a forceful Hebrew prohibition.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Sin–Heh
“to make, do”
In context — 2 Kings 17:12
And they served the idols, which the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word תַעֲשׂ֖וּ (taasu) 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.17.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.12.W8.S1) and character.