Ezekiel 15:3:4Ezek.15.3.W4TAB
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
laasot
“to make”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /la.ʕăˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-SOT
- clause
ha-yuk-KAKH mi-ME-nu ETS la-a-SOT lim-la-AKHA
- sentence
ha-yuk-KAKH mi-ME-nu ETS la-a-SOT lim-la-AKHA im-yik-KHU mi-ME-nu ya-TED lit-LOT a-LAV KAL-ke-LI
Exegesis
The infinitive laʿasot {לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת | la-ʿăśōt} indicates purpose “to do/make,” complemented by limelakhah {לִמְלָאכָ֑ה | li-mə-lāʾ-khā} specifying “for work.”
In context — Ezekiel 15:3
Shall wood be taken from it to make anything for work , or shall they take from it a peg to hang any vessel on it?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 15:3, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (laasot) 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 Ezek.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.3.W4.S1) and character.