2 Kings 21:8:122 Kgs.21.8.W12TAB

לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת

laasot

to do

Transliteration
la-a-SOT
Extended
lah-ah-SOHT
IPA
/laʕăˈsoːt/

Meaning by language

English
to do

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + עֲ + שׂ֗וֹת
la + a + sot
laasot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
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-a-SOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT

  3. clause

    RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE

  4. sentence

    ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE

Exegesis

The conditional im yishmeru la'asot {אִם יִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת | ʼim yišmerû laʼăśôt} “if they keep doing” introduces the covenant stipulation, detailed by kekhol asher tsivvitim {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים | kəkōl ʼăšer ṣîwwîtîm} and ulekol hatorah asher-tsivah otam avdi Mosheh {וּלְכָל־הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה אֹתָם עַבְדִּי מֹשֶׁה | û-lə-kōl hattôrāh ʼăšer-ṣîwwāh ʾōṭām ʿabdî mōšē}, linking obedience to divine commands and Mosaic law. The paratactic sequence underscores the shift from threat to conditional promise.

In context2 Kings 21:8

And I will not again cause the foot of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, only if they keep doing everything that I commanded them and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded them.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 21:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 21:8, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת (laasot) 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.21.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.8.W12.S1) and character.