Genesis 18:25:6Gen.18.25.W6TAB
לְהָמִ֤ית
lehamit
“to put to death”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-MIT
- Extended
- leh-hah-MEET
- IPA
- /lə.haːˈmiːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to put to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-MIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK
- clause
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA
- sentence
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive lehamit {לְהָמִ֤ית | lə-hā-mît} “to put to death” takes substantivized adjectives tsaddiq ʿim rashaʿ {צַדִּיק֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע | ṣad-dîq ʿim rā-šāʿ} “the righteous with the wicked” as its objects.
In context — Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do this—to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous would be treated like the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:25, so the Hebrew word לְהָמִ֤ית (lehamit) 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.18.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.25.W6.S1) and character.