Ezekiel 17:8:7Ezek.17.8.W7TAB
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת
laasot
“to make”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /laʕăˈsoːt/
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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Word in context
- word
la-a-SOT
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT a-NAF
- clause
la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
- sentence
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
Exegesis
The coordinated infinitives laasot anaf ve-laset peri {לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת עָנָף֙ וְלָשֵׂ֣את פֶּ֔רִי | la-ʿă-śôt ʿā-nāph wə-lā-śēṯ pê-rî} ‘to produce a branch and to bear fruit’ function as successive purpose clauses.
In context — Ezekiel 17:8
She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת (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.17.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W7.S1) and character.