Jeremiah 16:12:3Jer.16.12.W3TAB
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /laʕăˈsoːt/
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
ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT
- clause
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
Exegesis
The infinitive laasot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-sōṯ} combined with meavoteikhem {מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | mē-ʾă-ḇō-tê-ḵem} forms a comparative clause.
In context — Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse than your fathers , and behold, each one of you walks after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to Me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (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 Jer.16.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W3.S1) and character.