Exodus 39:41:3Exod.39.41.W3TAB
לְשָׁרֵ֣ת
lesharet
“for ministering”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-RET
- Extended
- leh-shah-REHT
- IPA
- /lə.ʃaˈreːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for ministering
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
et-big-DEI has-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh
- sentence
et-big-DEI has-se-RAD le-sha-RET ba-KO-desh et-big-DEI hak-KO-desh le-a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN ve-et-big-DEI va-NAV le-kha-HEN
Exegesis
The first segment, bigdei ha-sĕrād {בִּגְדֵי הַשְּׂרָד | bigḏêy ha-sĕrād} ‘service garments’, precedes the purpose clause lĕ-šārêṯ {לְשָׁרֵת | lĕ-šārêṯ} ‘to minister’ with its locative ba-qō-dēš {בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | ba-qō-dēš} ‘in the holy place’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–tav
“to serve, minister”
In context — Exodus 39:41
The garments of service for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest , and the garments of his sons to serve as priests.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 39:41, 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.39.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.41.W3.S1) and character.