Deuteronomy 14:16:3Deut.14.16.W3TAB
וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃
vehatinshamet
“and the barn owl”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-tin-sha-MET
- Extended
- veh-hah-tin-sha-MET
- IPA
- /vəhat.tinʃaˈmɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the barn owl
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-tin-sha-MET
- sentence
et-ha-KOS ve-et-ha-yan-SHUF ve-ha-tin-sha-MET
Exegesis
Each noun appears with the definite article ha {הַ | ha-} in absolute state on ha-qōs {הַכּ֥וֹס | ha-qōs}, ha-yanšûf {הַיַּנְשׁ֖וּף | ha-yanšûf}, and ha-tinšāmēṯ {הַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת | ha-tinšāmēṯ}, single-out specific species. The pattern (noun + and + noun + and + noun) forms a cohesive list without an explicit verb, reflecting the elliptical style of Levitical dietary listings. In English translation, object markers are omitted, and a predicate (“are unclean”/“are forbidden…to eat”) completes the clause while preserving the Hebrew sequence.
Root and etymology
n-š-mnun, shin, mem
“breath”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:16
The little owl , the great owl, and the white owl are all unclean.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃ (vehatinshamet) 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 Deut.14.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.16.W3.S1) and character.