2 Kings 19:25:112 Kgs.19.25.W11TAB

לַהְשׁ֛וֹת

laheshot

to make

Transliteration
la-he-SHOT
Extended
lah-heh-SHOHT
IPA
/la.həˈʃoːt/

Meaning by language

English
to make

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + הְ + שׁ֛וֹת
la + he + shot
laheshot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-he-SHOT

  2. clause

    a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT

  3. sentence

    ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT

Exegesis

The infinitive lahashot {לַהְשׁוֹת | la·ha·šô·ṯ} ‘to devastate’ governs gallim nitsim arim betsurot {גַּלִּים נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת} ‘heaps of desolation’ targeting ‘fortified cities’, preserving the Hebrew’s emphatic force.

In context2 Kings 19:25

Have you not heard that from days of old I made it? In ancient times I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass that it has come to devastate cities into mounds of ruins.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 19:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 19:25, so the Hebrew word לַהְשׁ֛וֹת (laheshot) 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.19.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.25.W11.S1) and character.