Genesis 18:28:6Gen.18.28.W6TAB
הֲתַשְׁחִ֥ית
hatashkhit
“will you destroy”
- Transliteration
- ha-tash-KHIT
- Extended
- hah-tash-KHIHT
- IPA
- /hă.taʃˈħiθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you destroy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
ha-tash-KHIT
- phraseyour reading level
ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA
- clause
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
Exegesis
The interrogative form hatachshit {הֲתַשְׁחִית | ha-taš-ḥît} ‘will You destroy?’
In context — Genesis 18:28
“Perhaps five will be lacking from the fifty righteous . Will You destroy all the city for five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:28, so the Hebrew word הֲתַשְׁחִ֥ית (hatashkhit) 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.18.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W6.S1) and character.