Deuteronomy 20:19:7Deut.20.19.W7TAB
לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּ
letafsa
“to capture it”
- Transliteration
- le-taf-SA
- Extended
- leh-taf-SAA
- IPA
- /lətafˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to capture it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-taf-SA
- phraseyour reading level
le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA
- clause
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs ləhil-laḥêm {לְהִלָּחֵם | ləhil-laḥêm} and ləṭāpšêhā {לְתָפְשָׂהּ | ləṭāpšêhā} express purpose (“to wage war… to capture it”).
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for many days, fighting against it to capture it, you shall not ruin its tree by swinging an axe against it, because you may eat from it. You shall not cut it down, for is a tree of the field a person to come before you in the siege?
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּ (letafsa) 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.20.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W7.S1) and character.