Jeremiah 16:8:6Jer.16.8.W6TAB
וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃
velishtot
“and to drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-lish-TOT
- Extended
- veh-lihs-TOHT
- IPA
- /və.liʃˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lish-TOT
- clause
le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- sentence
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
Exegesis
The parallel infinitives le’ekhol {לֶאֱכֹל | le-ʾeḵōl} ‘to eat’ and velishtot {וְלִשְׁתּוֹת | wə-liš-tōṯ} ‘and to drink’ form a triple infinitive sequence that conveys cumulative action forbidden by the decree. The formal translation maintains this sequence to reflect emphasis, while the dynamic translation consolidates the actions into a single participial phrase for readability.
In context — Jeremiah 16:8
And you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 16:8, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (velishtot) 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.16.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.8.W6.S1) and character.