Exodus 20:25:3Exod.20.25.W3TAB
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔י
taahsehlee
“you shall make for me”
- Transliteration
- ta-ah-seh-LEE
- Extended
- tah-ah-seh-LEE
- IPA
- /ta.ʕa.seˈli/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-ah-seh-LEE
- clause
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET
- sentence
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional protasis introduced by veim {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, followed by the casuistic clause mizbeach avaním taʿăseh-li {מִזְבַּ֤ח אֲבָנִים֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔י | miz-bē-āḥ ʾă-ḇā-nîm ta-ʿă-śeh-lî} ‘you make an altar of stones for me’.
Root and etymology
ayin–sin–heʿayin–sin–he
“to do, make”
In context — Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me , you shall not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your tool against it, you will profane it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:25, so the Hebrew word תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔י (taahsehlee) 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.20.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.25.W3.S1) and character.