Genesis 18:19:12Gen.18.19.W12TAB

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת

laasot

to do

Transliteration
la-a-SOT
Extended
lah-ah-SOHT
IPA
/la.ʕă.ˈsoːθ/

Meaning by language

English
to do

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Result
לַ + עֲ + שׂ֥וֹת
la + a + sot
laasot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-a-SOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-a-SOT tse-da-KA

  3. clause

    KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT

  4. sentence

    KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV

Exegesis

The subsequent clause with veshamru {וְשָׁמְרוּ | wəšāmərû} “they may keep” then introduces derekh YHWH {דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה | dereḵ YHWH} “the way of the LORD” as the metaphorical life path, and the infinitive la‘asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | laʿăśôṯ} expresses means by stating what they do—tsedaqah u-mishpat {צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט | ṣədāqāh ûmišpāṭ} “righteousness and justice.”

In contextGenesis 18:19

For I have known him so that he may command his sons and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD , by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 18:19, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (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 Gen.18.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.19.W12.S1) and character.