Ezekiel 17:15:2Ezek.17.15.W2TAB

לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ

lishloakh

to send

Transliteration
lish-lo-AKH
Extended
lihsh-loh-AKH
IPA
/liʃloˈaħ/

Meaning by language

English
to send

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִשְׁ + לֹ֤ + חַ
lish + lo + akh
lishloakh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    lish-lo-AKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV

  3. clause

    va-yim-RAD-BO lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV mits-ra-YIM la-TET-LO su-SIM ve-AM-RAV

  4. sentence

    va-yim-RAD-BO lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV mits-ra-YIM la-TET-LO su-SIM ve-AM-RAV ha-yits-LAKH ha-yim-MA-LET ha-o-SE E-LE ve-HE-FER be-RIT ve-nim-LAT

Exegesis

The infinitive chain lishloach {לִשְׁלֹחַ | lišlōaḥ}–latet-lo {לָתֶת־לוֹ | lāṯeṯ-lô} susim {סוּסִים | sūsîm} ve-am-rav {וְעַם־רָב | wəʿam-rāḇ} creates a purpose clause in Qal and Hifil infinitive constructs describing the means of revolt by foreign alliances.

Root and etymology

l-ḥlamed–het

moist

In contextEzekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to obtain horses and a great people. Will he succeed? Will the one who does these things escape? Can he break a covenant and be delivered?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:15, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ (lishloakh) 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.17.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.15.W2.S1) and character.