2 Samuel 14:16:82 Sam.14.16.W8TAB

לְהַשְׁמִ֨יד

lehashmid

to destroy

Transliteration
le-hash-MID
Extended
leh-hahsh-MEED
IPA
/ləhaʃˈmiːd/

Meaning by language

English
to destroy

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הַשְׁ + מִ֨יד
le + hash + mid
lehashmid

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-hash-MID

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI

  3. clause

    le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM

  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

A second purpose infinitive le-hashmid {לְהַשְׁמִיד | lə-haš-mîḏ} ‘to destroy’ indicates the adversary’s intent toward oti {אֹתִי | ʾō-ṯî} ‘me’ and beni {בְּנִי | bə-nî} ‘my son’, united by yachad {יַחַד | ya-ḥaḏ} ‘together’.

Root and etymology

š-m-dshin–mem–dalet

to destroy utterly

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 14:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word לְהַשְׁמִ֨יד (lehashmid) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W8.S1) and character.