Proverbs 3:27:6Prov.3.27.W6TAB
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
laasot
“to do”
- Transliteration
- la-a-SOT
- Extended
- lah-ah-SOHT
- IPA
- /la.ʕaˈsˤoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
YAD-kha la-a-SOT
- clause
bih-ye-OT le-EL YAD-kha la-a-SOT
- sentence
al-tim-NA-toV mi-be-a-LAV bih-ye-OT le-EL YAD-kha la-a-SOT
Exegesis
The concluding infinitive laasot {לַעֲשֽׂוֹת | la-ʿăś-śôt} ‘to do’ indicates potential action. The resulting conditional structure links ethical obligation to personal capacity, underscoring responsibility.
In context — Proverbs 3:27
Do not hold back good from its owners when it is within the power of your hand to do it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 3:27, so the Hebrew word לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (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 Prov.3.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.27.W6.S1) and character.