Nehemiah 13:7:9Neh.13.7.W9TAB
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
laasot
“to make or to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /la.ʕăˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make or to do
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 |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-SOT
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT LO
- clause
va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct la-‘ăśôt {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-‘ăśôt} expresses purpose “to make,” while lô {לוֹ֙ | lô} indicates the beneficiary.
In context — Nehemiah 13:7
And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (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 Neh.13.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W9.S1) and character.