Exodus 23:19:8Exod.23.19.W8TAB
לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל
lotevashel
“do not boil”
- Transliteration
- lo-te-va-SHEL
- Extended
- loh-teh-vah-SHEHL
- IPA
- /loː.tə.vaʃ.ˈʃeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
lo-te-va-SHEL
- phraseyour reading level
lo-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE
- clause
lo-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
- sentence
re-SHEET bi-ku-RE ad-MAT-kha ta-VEE BET Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lo-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
Exegesis
The subsequent negative prohibition lo-tevashel gedi ba-chalev immo {לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ | lōʼ-tə-baš-šēl ḡə-dî ba-ḥă-lēḇ ’im-mô} pairs a dietary ban with the earlier ritual requirement, highlighting covenantal boundaries between worship practices and communal identity.
In context — Exodus 23:19
Bring the beginning of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the LORD your God . You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 23:19, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל (lotevashel) 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.23.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.19.W8.S1) and character.