2 Samuel 14:11:102 Sam.14.11.W10TAB
לְשַׁחֵ֔ת
leshakhet
“to destroy”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KHET
- Extended
- leh-shah-KHEET
- IPA
- /ləʃaˈħeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-KHET
- clause
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI
- sentence
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI va-YO-mer KHAI-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT be-NE-kh AR-tse
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meharbat go’el hadam leshachet {מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵ֔ת | mê-har-bat gō-ʾēl ha-ḏām lə-ša-ḥēt} employs the Hifil infinitive construct to express prevention of the avenger’s destructive action.
Root and etymology
š-ḥ-tshin–ḥet–tav
“to destroy, ruin”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:11
She said, “Let the king now remember the LORD your God , so that the avenger may not multiply to destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:11, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁחֵ֔ת (leshakhet) 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.14.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.11.W10.S1) and character.