Malachi 2:4:8Mal.2.4.W8TAB
לִֽהְי֤וֹת
lihhyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-hyot
- Extended
- lih-hyoht
- IPA
- /lihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
lih-hyot
- phraseyour reading level
lih-hyot be-ri-TI
- clause
lih-hyot be-ri-TI et-LE-vi a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
vi-DA-e-tem KI shi-lakh-TI a-LE-khem ET ham-mits-VA ha-ZOT lih-hyot be-ri-TI et-LE-vi a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lihyôt {לִֽהְיוֹת | li-hyōt} ‘to be’ with bĕ-rîṯî {בְּרִיתִי֙ | bə-rî-tî} ‘my covenant’ forms a purpose clause.
In context — Malachi 2:4
Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, so that My covenant may continue with Levi , says the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Malachi 2:4, so the Hebrew word לִֽהְי֤וֹת (lihhyot) 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 Mal.2.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.4.W8.S1) and character.