2 Samuel 13:5:92 Sam.13.5.W9TAB
לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָ
lirotekha
“to see you”
- Transliteration
- lir-o-TE-kha
- Extended
- lihr-oh-TEH-khah
- IPA
- /lirʔoːˈtɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to see you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
lir-o-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha
- clause
u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV ta-VO NA ta-MAR a-kho-TI ve-tav-re-NI LE-khem ve-a-se-TA le-e-NAI et-ha-bir-YA le-MA-an a-SHER er-E ve-a-khal-TI mi-ya-DA
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ye-ho-na-DAV she-KHAV al-mish-KA-ve-kha ve-hit-KHAL u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV ta-VO NA ta-MAR a-kho-TI ve-tav-re-NI LE-khem ve-a-se-TA le-e-NAI et-ha-bir-YA le-MA-an a-SHER er-E ve-a-khal-TI mi-ya-DA
In context — 2 Samuel 13:5
And Jehonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and make yourself appear sick. When your father comes to see you, you will say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread and let her prepare the meal before my eyes so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָ (lirotekha) 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 Sam.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.5.W9.S1) and character.