2 Samuel 21:17:122 Sam.21.17.W12TAB
לֹא־תֵצֵ֨א
lotetse
“you shall not go out”
- Transliteration
- lo-te-TSE
- Extended
- loh-teh-TSEE
- IPA
- /loː.teːˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not go out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
lo-te-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu
- clause
AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The dual prohibition uses lō-teṣē’ {לֹא־תֵצֵא | lō-teṣē’} and the Piel imperfect təḵabbēh {תְּכַבֶּה | təḵabbēh} under negation particles lō {לֹא | lō} and wə-lō {וְלֹא | wə-lō}.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid and struck the Philistine down, putting him to death. Then the men of David swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us again to battle , and you will not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:17, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תֵצֵ֨א (lotetse) 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.21.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.17.W12.S1) and character.