Genesis 15:7:13Gen.15.7.W13TAB
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
lerishtah
“to possess it”
- Transliteration
- le-rish-TAH
- Extended
- leh-rish-TAAH
- IPA
- /lə.riʃ.ˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to possess it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-rish-TAH
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The final infinitive phrase lerishtah {לְרִשְׁתָּהּ | lə-riš-tāh} ‘to possess it’ adds a further purpose or result, clarifying that the gift of land is for permanent inheritance, not temporary residence. In English, this sequence is preserved by keeping the self-identification (“I am the LORD”) followed by the defining relative clause and the two coordinated infinitival phrases (“to give you this land to possess it / so that you may take possession of it”), thereby reflecting the Hebrew emphasis on God’s past act of deliverance as the basis for the future grant of the land.
Root and etymology
y-r-š
“to inherit, possess”
In context — Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (lerishtah) 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 Gen.15.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W13.S1) and character.