Deuteronomy 18:9:10Deut.18.9.W10TAB
לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /laʕăˈsoːt/
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
lo-til-MAD la-a-SOT
- clause
lo-til-MAD la-a-SOT ke-to-a-voT ha-go-YIM ha-HEM
- sentence
KI a-TA BA el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH lo-til-MAD la-a-SOT ke-to-a-voT ha-go-YIM ha-HEM
Exegesis
The prohibition employs the negative particle lōʾ {לֹא | lōʾ} prefixed to the imperfect tilmad {תִלְמַד | tilmad} “you shall not learn,” governing the infinitive la-ʿă-šôt {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-šôt} “to do.”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:9
For when you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to do the abominations of those nations.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 18:9, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (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.18.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.9.W10.S1) and character.