Genesis 19:13:11Gen.19.13.W11TAB
לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃
leshakhatah
“to destroy it”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-kha-TAH
- Extended
- leh-shah-khah-TAAH
- IPA
- /lə.ʃa.ħă.ˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy it
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-kha-TAH
- clause
ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
- sentence
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
Exegesis
The infinitive leshachatah {לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ | lə-ša-ḥă-ṯāh} functions as a purpose clause “to destroy it.” The syntactic flow moves from the declaration of action to the divine rationale for judgment.
In context — Genesis 19:13
For we are destroying this place, because their outcry has become great before the presence of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:13, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃ (leshakhatah) 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.19.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.13.W11.S1) and character.