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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
le-hash-MID
- phraseyour reading level
le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI
- clause
le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
- 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 context — 2 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.