Judges 17:3:13Judg.17.3.W13TAB
לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙
laasot
“to make”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /laʕăˈs̠oːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-SOT
- clause
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The purpose clause laʿăšôt peseḷ wəmassekāh {לַעֲשׂוֹת פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה | laʿăšôt peseḷ wəmassekāh} “to make an image and a cast figure” uses an infinitive construct.
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ (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 Judg.17.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W13.S1) and character.