Genesis 18:16:10Gen.18.16.W10TAB
לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃
leshalkham
“to see them off”
- Transliteration
- le-shal-KHAM
- Extended
- leh-shahl-KHAAM
- IPA
- /lə.ʃal.ˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to see them off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-shal-KHAM
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase immam {עִמָּם | ʿimmām} ‘with them’ underscores solidarity, and the Piel infinitive leshalleḥām {לְשַׁלְּחָם | ləšalleḥām} ‘to send them off’ functions as a purpose clause illustrating customary honor. In translation, wayyiqtol verbs appear in simple past, and the construct phrase is rendered literally in formal and idiomatically in dynamic.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to send, dispatch”
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃ (leshalkham) 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.18.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W10.S1) and character.