Exodus 23:18:2Exod.23.18.W2TAB
עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ
alkhamets
“with leaven”
- Transliteration
- al-kha-METS
- Extended
- ahl-kha-MEHts
- IPA
- /ʕal.ħaː.ˈmeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- with leaven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-kha-METS
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS
- clause
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS dam-ziv-KHI
- sentence
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS dam-ziv-KHI ve-lo-ya-LIN khe-lev-kha-GI ad-BO-ker
Exegesis
In the first clause, the construct dām-zīvḥî {דָּם־זִבְחִי | dām-zīv-ḥî} ‘blood of my sacrifice’ is governed by ʿal-ḥamēṣ {עַל־חָמֵץ | ʿal-ḥā-mēṣ} ‘upon leaven’, prohibiting mixing sacrificial blood with fermented products.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-ṣhet–mem–tsade
“to ferment, become leavened”
In context — Exodus 23:18
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened , and the fat of My festival shall not remain until morning.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 23:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ (alkhamets) 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.23.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.18.W2.S1) and character.