Numbers 20:5:17Num.20.5.W17TAB
לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃
lishtot
“to drink”
- Transliteration
- lish-TOT
- Extended
- leesh-TOHT
- IPA
- /liʃˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
lish-TOT
- clause
LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
- sentence
ve-la-MA he-e-li-TU-nu mi-mits-RA-yim le-ha-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-ma-KOM ha-RA ha-ZEH LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
Root and etymology
š-t-hshin-tav-he
“to drink”
In context — Numbers 20:5
And why did you bring us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates , nor is there water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 20:5, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (lishtot) 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 Num.20.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.5.W17.S1) and character.