Judges 20:38:7Judg.20.38.W7TAB
לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם
lehaalotam
“their causing to go up”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-a-lo-TAM
- Extended
- leh-hah-ah-loh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ləhaʕa.loˈtɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their causing to go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-a-lo-TAM
- clause
HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR
- sentence
ve-ha-mo-ED ha-YA le-ISH yis-ra-EL im-ha-o-REV HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-ha’alotam {לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם | lə-hă-ʿă-lō-ṯām} expresses purpose, introducing the construct chain mas’at he’ashan {מַשְׂאַ֥ת הֶעָשָׁ֖ן | mas-ʾáṯ hē-ʿā-šān} ‘column of smoke.’
Root and etymology
ע-ל-הayin–lamed–heh
“to ascend”
In context — Judges 20:38
Now the signal between the men of Israel and those lying in ambush was this: they were to raise a great cloud of smoke from the city.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:38:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:38, so the Hebrew word לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם (lehaalotam) 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.20.38.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.38.W7.S1) and character.