Deuteronomy 23:11:6Deut.23.11.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:12
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /haˈʃɛmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-SHE-mesh
- sentence
ve-ha-YA lif-NOT-E-rev yir-KHATS ba-MA-yim u-ke-BO ha-SHE-mesh ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-neh
Exegesis
The clause ukvo hashemesh {וּכְבֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | u-kə-ḇō ha-šě-meš} ‘and as the sun enters’ functions as an idiomatic sunset marker, introducing the permissive imperfect yavo el hamachaneh {יָבֹא אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה | yā-ḇōʾ ʾel ha-maḥ-ă-nĕh} ‘he may enter the camp’. The sequence of verbal forms delineates the progression from exclusion and purification to restoration of communal status.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:11
And it shall be that at evening he must wash himself in water; and when the sun sets he may enter the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 23:11, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ (hashemesh) 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.23.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.11.W6.S1) and character.