Genesis 19:12:3Gen.19.12.W3TAB
אֶל־ל֗וֹט
ellot
“to Lot”
- Transliteration
- el-LOT
- Extended
- ehl-LOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Lot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-LOT
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR ho-TSE min-ha-ma-KOM
Exegesis
The compound preposition el-lot {אֶל־ל֗וֹט | ʾel-lōṭ} marks Lot as addressee.
In context — Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, “Do you still have anyone here—your son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone who belongs to you in the city? Bring them out of this place.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־ל֗וֹט (ellot) 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.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.12.W3.S1) and character.