2 Kings 18:27:202 Kgs.18.27.W20TAB

וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת

velishtot

and to drink

Transliteration
ve-lish-TOT
Extended
veh-lihsh-TOHT
IPA
/vəliʃˈtoːt/

Meaning by language

English
and to drink

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לִשְׁ + תּ֛וֹת
ve + lish + tot
velishtot

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lish-TOT

  2. clause

    ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM

Exegesis

The infinitive constructs leekhol {לֶאֱכֹל | lĕ’ĕ-kōl} ‘to eat’ and lishtot {לִשְׁתּוֹת | liš-tōṯ} ‘to drink’ are linked by velishtot to underscore parallel actions under siege.

In context2 Kings 18:27

And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:27:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (velishtot) 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.18.27.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W20.S1) and character.