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

Result
לְ + עֹ + שֵׂ֤י
le + o + se
leose

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-o-SE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-o-SE ha-me-la-KHA

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.