Psalm 19:4:7Ps.19.4.W7TABWLC Psalms 19:5
לַשֶּׁ֫מֶשׁ
lashemesh
“for the sun”
- Transliteration
- la-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- lah-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /laˈʃɛmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
la-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHE-mesh SAM-O-hel ba-HEM
- sentence
be-KHOL-ha-A-retz ya-TSA ka-VAM u-vik-TSE te-VEL mil-LE-hem la-SHE-mesh SAM-O-hel ba-HEM
Exegesis
The verb śām {שָׂם | śām} introduces spatial metaphor in la-šemeš śām ʾō-hel bā-hēm {לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ שָׂם אֹהֶל בָּהֶם | la-šemeš śām ʾō-hel bā-hēm} ‘for the sun He has set a tent in them,’ depicting ordered placement within the cosmos. Hebrew parallelism reinforces both the universal reach of the proclamation and the sun’s divinely ordained position.
In context — Psalm 19:4
Their line goes out throughout the earth, and their words reach to the ends of the world. In them He has set a tent for the sun.
About this coordinate
Psalm 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 19:4, so the Hebrew word לַשֶּׁ֫מֶשׁ (lashemesh) 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 Ps.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.4.W7.S1) and character.