Exodus 12:13:17Exod.12.13.W17PAT

לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית

lemashkhit

to destroy

Transliteration
le-mash-KHIT
Extended
leh-mash-KHEET
IPA
/lə.maʃ.ˈħiːt/

Meaning by language

English
to destroy
French
pour détruire
Spanish
para destruir
Portuguese
para destruir
German
zum Verderben
Russian
для истребления
Arabic-Simplified
لِلْهَلَاكِ
Hindi
नाश करने को
Chinese-Simplified
用来毁灭
Korean
멸하려고
Indonesian
untuk membinasakan
Bengali
ধ্বংস করার জন্য
Tagalog
upang manira
Swahili
kuharibu
Amharic
ለማጥፋት
Yoruba
láti pa run
Igbo
ibibi
Twi
sɛ ɛbɛsɛe
Ewe
be woatsrɔ̃

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Result
לְ + מַשְׁ + חִ֔ית
le + mash + khit
lemashkhit

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mash-KHIT

  2. clause

    ve-LO-yi-he-YEH va-KHEM NE-gef le-mash-KHIT be-ha-KO-ti be-E-rets mits-RA-yim

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ha-DAM la-KHEM le-OT AL ha-ba-TIM a-SHER a-TEM SHAM ve-ra-ee-TI ET-ha-DAM u-fa-sakh-TI a-LE-khem ve-LO-yi-he-YEH va-KHEM NE-gef le-mash-KHIT be-ha-KO-ti be-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextExodus 12:13

and shall be the blood for you for a sign on the houses where you there and I shall see the blood and I will pass over over you and shall not be among you a plague to destroy when I strike in the land Egypt

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 12:13, so the Hebrew word לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית (lemashkhit) 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 Exod.12.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.13.W17.S1) and character.