Exodus 19:13:8Exod.19.13.W8TAB
אִם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה
imbehemah
“whether beast”
- Transliteration
- im-be-HE-MAH
- Extended
- ihm-beh-he-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʔim.be.he.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whether beast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-be-HE-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
im-be-HE-MAH im-ISH
- clause
lo-ti-GA BO YAD ki-sa-KOL yis-sa-KEL o-ya-RO yi-ya-RE im-be-HE-MAH im-ISH LO yikh-YE
- sentence
lo-ti-GA BO YAD ki-sa-KOL yis-sa-KEL o-ya-RO yi-ya-RE im-be-HE-MAH im-ISH LO yikh-YE bim-SHOKH ha-yo-VEL HEM-ma ya-e-LU va-HAR
Exegesis
The correlative im behemah im ish {אִם־בְּהֵמָה אִם־אִישׁ | ʾim-bə-hê-māh ʾim-ʾîš} ‘whether beast or man’ inclusively covers all.
In context — Exodus 19:13
No hand is to touch him, for he shall surely be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live . When the ram’s horn sounds long, then they may go up the mountain.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 19:13, so the Hebrew word אִם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה (imbehemah) 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.19.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.13.W8.S1) and character.