Exodus 20:24:3Exod.20.24.W3TAB
תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי֒
taasehli
“you shall make for me”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-seh-LI
- Extended
- tah-ah-seh-LEE
- IPA
- /ta.ʕă.sɛ.ˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall make for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ta-a-seh-LI
- clause
miz-BAKH a-da-MA ta-a-seh-LI ve-za-vakh-TA a-LAV et-o-lo-TEY-kha ve-et-she-la-MEY-kha et-tsohn-KHA ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha
- sentence
miz-BAKH a-da-MA ta-a-seh-LI ve-za-vakh-TA a-LAV et-o-lo-TEY-kha ve-et-she-la-MEY-kha et-tsohn-KHA ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha be-khol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER az-KIR et-she-MI a-VO e-LE-kha u-ve-rakh-TI-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct chain mizbeach adamah {מִזְבַּח אֲדָמָה | miz-bē-aḥ ʾa-ḏā-māh} ‘altar of earth’, followed immediately by the directive Qal imperfect taʿaseh {תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי | ta-ʿă-śeh-lî} ‘you shall make for me’.
Root and etymology
ayin–sin–heʿayin–sin–he
“to do, make”
In context — Exodus 20:24
You shall make an earth altar for Me and there sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, from your flock and from your cattle; in every place where I cause My name to be commemorated, I will come to you and bless you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:24, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי֒ (taasehli) 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.20.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.24.W3.S1) and character.