2 Samuel 14:16:42 Sam.14.16.W4TAB

לְהַצִּ֥יל

lehatsil

to deliver

Transliteration
le-ha-TSIL
Extended
leh-hah-TSEEL
IPA
/ləhatˈtsiːl/

Meaning by language

English
to deliver

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הַ + צִּ֥יל
le + ha + tsil
lehatsil

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ha-TSIL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO

  3. clause

    KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH

  4. sentence

    KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The purpose infinitive le-hatzil {לְהַצִּיל | lə-ḥăṣ-ṣîl} ‘to deliver’ specifies the intended action of deliverance.

Root and etymology

n-ṣ-lnun–tsade–lamed

to rescue, snatch away

In context2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word לְהַצִּ֥יל (lehatsil) 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.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W4.S1) and character.