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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
lish-lo-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV
- clause
va-yim-RAD-BO lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV mits-ra-YIM la-TET-LO su-SIM ve-AM-RAV
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.