2 Samuel 15:5:32 Sam.15.5.W3TAB
לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת
lehishtakhavot
“to bow down”
- Transliteration
- le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- Extended
- leh-hihsh-tah-khah-VOT
- IPA
- /ləhiʃ.taħăˈwoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to bow down
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hish-ta-kha-VOT
- clause
ve-ha-YA bik-RAV-ISH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT LO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bik-RAV-ISH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT LO ve-sha-LAKH ET-ya-DO ve-he-khe-ZIK LO ve-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The purpose infinitive lehishtachavot {לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת | lə-his̆-taccā-woṯ} conveys “to bow down.”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:5
And it happened that when a man approached to bow down to him, he would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת (lehishtakhavot) 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.5.W3.S1) and character.