Leviticus 19:25:5Lev.19.25.W5TAB
לְהוֹסִ֥יף
lehhoseef
“to increase”
- Transliteration
- leh-ho-SEEf
- Extended
- leh-hoh-SEEf
- IPA
- /ləhoˈsiːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to increase
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-ho-SEEf
- phraseyour reading level
leh-ho-SEEf la-KHEM
- clause
oo-vah-sha-NAH ha-kha-mi-SHIT to-khe-LOO et-pir-YO leh-ho-SEEf la-KHEM te-vu-a-TO
- sentence
oo-vah-sha-NAH ha-kha-mi-SHIT to-khe-LOO et-pir-YO leh-ho-SEEf la-KHEM te-vu-a-TO a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-KHEM
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct lehosef {לְהוֹסִ֥יף | lə-hō-sîp̄} plus the complement tevu’ātō {תְּבוּאָת֑וֹ | tə-vū-ʾā-tō} forms a purpose clause ‘to increase its yield for you’.
Root and etymology
yod-samekh-pehyod-samekh-peh
“to add, increase”
In context — Leviticus 19:25
And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:25, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹסִ֥יף (lehhoseef) 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 Lev.19.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.25.W5.S1) and character.