2 Samuel 24:21:92 Sam.24.21.W9TAB
לִקְנ֧וֹת
liknot
“to buy”
- Transliteration
- lik-NOT
- Extended
- lihq-NOHT
- IPA
- /liqˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to buy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lik-NOT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-ra-VE-na mad-DU-a BA a-do-NI-ha-ME-lekh el-AV-do va-yo-MER da-VID lik-NOT me-im-me-KHA et-ha-GO-ren liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ve-TE-a-tsar ha-mag-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
In David’s response, the infinitive constructs liknot {לִקְנוֹת | lik-not} ‘to buy’ and livnot {לִבְנ֤וֹת | liv-not} ‘to build’ form a purpose chain, with et-hagoren {אֶת־הַגֹּ֗רֶן | et-ha-go-ren} marking the direct object.
In context — 2 Samuel 24:21
And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD so that the plague may be stopped from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 24:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 24:21, so the Hebrew word לִקְנ֧וֹת (liknot) 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.24.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.24.21.W9.S1) and character.