Exodus 16:3:20Exod.16.3.W20TAB
לְהָמִ֛ית
lehamit
“to kill”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-MIT
- Extended
- leh-hah-MEET
- IPA
- /lə.haˈmiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to kill
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-MIT
- clause
ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘for’ introduces hotsetem otanu {הוֹצֵאתֶם אוֹתָנוּ | hō-ṣê-ʾe-tem ʾō-tā-nû} ‘you brought us out’ (Hifil perfect), followed by the purpose infinitive lehamit {לְהָמִית | lə-hā-mîṯ} ‘to cause to die’ applied to et-kol-hakahal hazeh {אֶת־כָּל־הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה | ʾet-kol-ha-qā-hāl haz-zēh}, ‘this entire assembly,’ concluding with baraav {בָּרָעָב | ba-rā-ʿāḇ} ‘in famine.’ The English renderings recast the Hebrew wish as a conditional lament, preserve the ‘hand’ metaphor for divine action, and reframe infinitives as temporal clauses, contrasting remembered abundance with the threat of starvation.
In context — Exodus 16:3
And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word לְהָמִ֛ית (lehamit) 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.16.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W20.S1) and character.