2 Kings 17:15:242 Kgs.17.15.W24TAB
לְבִלְתִּ֖י
levilti
“not to”
- Transliteration
- le-vil-TI
- Extended
- leh-vihl-TEE
- IPA
- /ləvilˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-vil-TI
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RE ha-HE-vel va-yeh-va-LU ve-a-kha-RE ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAM a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM le-vil-TI a-so-OT ka-HEM
- sentence
va-yim-a-SU et-khu-KAIV ve-et-be-ri-TO a-SHER ka-RAT et-a-vo-TAM ve-ET e-dev-o-TAV a-SHER he-ID BAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RE ha-HE-vel va-yeh-va-LU ve-a-kha-RE ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAM a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM le-vil-TI a-so-OT ka-HEM
In context — 2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes and his covenant which he made with their ancestors, as well as his testimonies which he bore witness among them. And they went after vanity and became vain, following the nations around them whom the LORD had commanded them not to do as they did.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:15:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 2 Kings 17:15, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֖י (levilti) 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.17.15.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.15.W24.S1) and character.