Leviticus 20:24:9Lev.20.24.W9TAB
לָרֶ֣שֶׁת
lareshet
“to possess”
- Transliteration
- la-RE-shet
- Extended
- lah-REH-shet
- IPA
- /laːˈrɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to possess
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-RE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
la-RE-shet o-TAH
- clause
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH
- sentence
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAY-khem a-SHER-hiv-DAL-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-MEEM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct la-reshet {לָרֶ֣שֶׁת | lā-re-šet} with the pronoun otah {אֹתָ֔הּ | ʾō-tā(h)} establishes purpose.
In context — Leviticus 20:24
But I said to you, "You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God , who has set you apart from the nations."
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 20:24, so the Hebrew word לָרֶ֣שֶׁת (lareshet) 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.20.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.24.W9.S1) and character.