2 Samuel 20:19:72 Sam.20.19.W7TAB
לְהָמִ֨ית
lehamit
“to put to death”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-MIT
- Extended
- leh-haa-MEET
- IPA
- /ləhaːˈmiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to put to death
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-MIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-MIT IR ve-EM
- clause
a-TA me-vak-KESH le-ha-MIT IR ve-EM be-yis-ra-EL LA-ma te-val-LA na-kha-LAT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
a-NO-khi she-lu-ME e-mu-NE yis-ra-EL a-TA me-vak-KESH le-ha-MIT IR ve-EM be-yis-ra-EL LA-ma te-val-LA na-kha-LAT ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The shift to second person atah mevaqesh {אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ | ʾăṯ-tāh mə-vā-qēš} frames the accusation, with the Hiphil infinitive lehamit {לְהָמִ֨ית | lə-hā-mîṯ} ‘to put to death’ governing the objects ir ve-em {עִ֤יר וְאֵם֙ | ʿîr wə-ēm} ‘city and mother’ in a maternal metaphor.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:19, so the Hebrew word לְהָמִ֨ית (lehamit) 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.20.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.19.W7.S1) and character.