2 Samuel 14:19:152 Sam.14.19.W15TAB
וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל
ulehasmil
“and to the left or and to go to the left”
- Transliteration
- u-le-has-MIL
- Extended
- oo-leh-hahs-MEEL
- IPA
- /uːləhasˈmiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the left or and to go to the left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-has-MIL
- phraseyour reading level
im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL
- clause
va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The merism lᵉ-hêmîn ū-lᵉ-hasimīl {לְהֵמִין וּלְהַשְׂמִיל | lᵉ-hêmîn ū-lᵉ-hasimīl} “to the right or to the left” conveys comprehensiveness.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As surely as the soul of my lord the king lives, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king has spoken, for your servant Joab commanded me and put all these words into the mouth of your maidservant .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל (ulehasmil) 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.14.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.19.W15.S1) and character.