2 Samuel 14:29:42 Sam.14.29.W4TAB
לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ
lishloakh
“to send”
- Transliteration
- lish-LO-akh
- Extended
- lihsh-LOH-ahkh
- IPA
- /liʃˈlo.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to send
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-LO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
lish-LO-akh o-TO
- clause
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV lish-LO-akh o-TO el-ha-ME-lekh ve-LO a-VA la-VO e-LAV
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV lish-LO-akh o-TO el-ha-ME-lekh ve-LO a-VA la-VO e-LAV va-yish-LAKH OD she-NIT ve-LO a-VA la-VO
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive lishloach {לִשְׁלֹחַ | liš·lōaḥ} ‘to send’ following the prepositional directive el-yoav {אֶל־יוֹאָב | ’el·Yō·’āḇ} ‘to Joab’ sets Absalom’s intent to dispatch Joab to the king.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:29
Absalom sent Joab to the king , but Joab was unwilling to come to him. Absalom sent again , but Joab was unwilling to come.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:29, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ (lishloakh) 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.14.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.29.W4.S1) and character.