2 Samuel 23:17:132 Sam.23.17.W13TAB
לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם
lishtetaam
“to drink it”
- Transliteration
- lish-te-TAAM
- Extended
- lihsh-teh-TOH-taam
- IPA
- /liʃ.təˈtoː.taːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to drink it
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lish-te-TAAM
- clause
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM E-le A-su she-LO-shet ha-gi-bo-RIM
Exegesis
The refusal clause velo avah lishtotam {וְלֹא אָבָה לִשְׁתּוֹתָם | wə-lō ’āwāh liš-tôṯām} employs the negative particle with perfect + infinitive to express resolute refusal.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:17
And he said, “Far be it from me, LORD , to do this! Is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives? And he would not consent to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 23:17, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם (lishtetaam) 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.23.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.17.W13.S1) and character.