Leviticus 14:12:7Lev.14.12.W7TAB
לְאָשָׁ֖ם
lehahsham
“as a guilt offering”
- Transliteration
- leh-ah-SHAM
- Extended
- leh-ah-SHAAM
- IPA
- /lə.ʔaˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a guilt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
leh-ah-SHAM
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD veh-hik-REEV o-TO leh-ah-SHAM veh-et-LOG ha-SHA-men
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD veh-hik-REEV o-TO leh-ah-SHAM veh-et-LOG ha-SHA-men veh-he-NEEF o-TAM teh-noo-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-mem
“guilt, compensation”
In context — Leviticus 14:12
And the priest shall take the one lamb and offer it as a guilt offering , and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 14:12, so the Hebrew word לְאָשָׁ֖ם (lehahsham) 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 Lev.14.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.12.W7.S1) and character.