Deuteronomy 15:5:8Deut.15.5.W8TAB
לַעֲשׂוֹת֙
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-a-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /la.ʕaˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
la-a-SOT
- phraseyour reading level
lish-MOR la-a-SOT
- clause
lish-MOR la-a-SOT ET-kol-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-kha ha-YOM
- sentence
RAK IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR la-a-SOT ET-kol-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-kha ha-YOM
Exegesis
The infinitive pair lishmor laasot {לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת | liš-mōr la-‘ă-śōṯ} expresses dual aspects of obedience—keeping and performing the commandments.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:5
Only if you truly listen to the voice of the LORD your God , to keep and to do all this commandment which I command you today.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 15:5, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ (laasot) 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 Deut.15.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.5.W8.S1) and character.