Exodus 39:1:7Exod.39.1.W7TAB
לְשָׁרֵ֣ת
lesharet
“to minister”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-RET
- Extended
- leh-shah-REHT
- IPA
- /lə.ʃaˈreːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to minister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sha-RET
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh
- clause
u-min-ha-te-KHE-let ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at ha-sha-NI a-SU vig-de-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh
- sentence
u-min-ha-te-KHE-let ve-ha-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at ha-sha-NI a-SU vig-de-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh va-ya-a-SU et-big-DE ha-KO-desh a-SHER le-a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The verb ʿasu {עָשׂוּ | ʿā-sû} links these materials to bigdei-srad {בִגְדֵי־שָׂרָד | biğ-dē-î-śā-rād} ‘garments of service’, and the infinitive ləšāret {לְשָׁרֵת | lə-šā-rêt} establishes purpose with ba-qōdeš {בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | ba-qō-deš} ‘in the sanctuary’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–tav
“to serve, minister”
In context — Exodus 39:1
And from the blue, the purple, and the scarlet they made garments of service for ministering in the sanctuary, and they made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 39:1, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁרֵ֣ת (lesharet) 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.39.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.1.W7.S1) and character.