2 Kings 23:35:202 Kgs.23.35.W20TAB
לָתֵ֖ת
latet
“to give”
- Transliteration
- la-TET
- Extended
- laa-TEET
- IPA
- /laːˈteːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to give
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-TET
- clause
ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO
- sentence
ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO
Exegesis
The adversative particle akh {אַ֚ךְ | ʾaḵ} ‘however’ pivots from the payment itself to the means of raising it: he'erikh {הֶעֱרִ֣יךְ | heʿĕrîḵ} ‘he assessed’ takes et-haaretz {אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ | ʾeṯ-hāʾāreṣ} ‘(direct object) the land,’ and the following infinitive latet {לָתֵ֥ת | lāṯēṯ} ‘to give’ expresses purpose, moving toward et-hakesef {אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף | ʾeṯ-hākésep̄} ‘(direct object) the silver.’
The construct chain et-am {אֶת־עַ֣ם | ʾeṯ-ʿam} ‘(direct object) people of’ + haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} ‘the land’ marks the source population, and the closing infinitive latet2 {לָתֵ֖ת | lāṯēṯ} ‘to give’ plus leparoh2 {לְפַרְעֹ֥ה | lə-parʿōh} and nekho {נְכֹֽה׃ | nəkōh} frames the entire extraction as a funnel back to the Egyptian king.
In context — 2 Kings 23:35
Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; however, he assessed the land to give the silver at Pharaoh’s word, and he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each man according to his valuation, to give to Pharaoh Necho.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:35:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word לָתֵ֖ת (latet) 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.23.35.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W20.S1) and character.