2 Kings 22:5:122 Kgs.22.5.W12TAB
לְעֹשֵׂ֤י
leose
“to those doing”
- Transliteration
- le-o-SE
- Extended
- leh-oh-SEE
- IPA
- /ləʕoːˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to those doing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-o-SE
- phraseyour reading level
le-o-SE ha-me-la-KHA
- clause
ve-yit-NU o-TO le-o-SE ha-me-la-KHA a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH le-kha-ZEK BE-dek ha-BA-yit
- sentence
ve-yit-NE ve-yit-NE-hu al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-mu-fe-ka-DIM be-VET BET ye-ho-VAH ve-yit-NU o-TO le-o-SE ha-me-la-KHA a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH le-kha-ZEK BE-dek ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The idiom ʿal-yād ōšê hammə-lāḵāh {עַל־יַד עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה | ʿal-yāḏ ō-šê hammə-lā-ḵāh} ‘into the hand of those doing the work’ conveys entrusted authority, further specified by hammupqaddîm {הַמֻּפְקָדִים | hammup-qad-dîm} ‘overseers.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-hʿ-š-h
“to do, make”
In context — 2 Kings 22:5
And they shall give it into the hand of the overseers in the house of the LORD and they shall give it to the workers who do the work in the house of the LORD, to repair the breach of the house.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 22:5, so the Hebrew word לְעֹשֵׂ֤י (leose) 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.22.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.5.W12.S1) and character.