Deuteronomy 20:18:5Deut.20.18.W5TAB
לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-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
- clause
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The negated imperfect lo-ye-lammedu {לֹא־יְלַמְּדוּ | lō-yə-lam-mə-ḏū} ‘they will not teach’ governs the direct object etkhem {אֶתְכֶם | ’et-khem} ‘you’, leading to the infinitive construct la-ʿă-śôt {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-śôt} ‘to do’, which expresses purpose.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
This is so that they do not teach you to carry out all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and thus you will sin against the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 20:18, 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.20.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W5.S1) and character.