Exodus 15:23:5Exod.15.23.W5TAB
לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת
lishtot
“to drink”
- Transliteration
- lish-TOT
- Extended
- lihsh-TOHT
- IPA
- /liʃ.ˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-TOT
- phraseyour reading level
lish-TOT MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-VO-oo ma-RA-ta ve-LO yakh-LU lish-TOT MA-yim mim-ma-RA KEE ma-REEM HEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-oo ma-RA-ta ve-LO yakh-LU lish-TOT MA-yim mim-ma-RA KEE ma-REEM HEM al-KEN ka-ra-she-MAH ma-RA
Exegesis
The inability clause velo yakhlu lishtot {וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת | wə-lōʼ yākhlû lištôt} combines negation with imperfect and infinitive construct.
In context — Exodus 15:23
When they came to Marah, they found the water undrinkable ; therefore, the place was called Marah .
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:23, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת (lishtot) 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 Exod.15.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.23.W5.S1) and character.