Genesis 39:11:6Gen.39.11.W6TAB
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /la.ʕă.ˈsoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-SOT
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO ve-EIN ISH me-an-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
Exegesis
The infinitive construct laasot melakhto {לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלַאכְתּוֹ | la-ʿă-śôṯ mə-laʾk-tô} introduces a purpose clause, ‘to do his work.’
In context — Genesis 39:11
Now it happened on this day that he went into the house to do his work , and none of the men of the household was in the house.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 39:11, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (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.39.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.11.W6.S1) and character.