Leviticus 14:15:4Lev.14.15.W4TAB
הַשָּׁ֑מֶן
hashamen
“the oil”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHA-men
- Extended
- hah-SHAA-men
- IPA
- /haˈʃaːmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the oil
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHA-men
- phraseyour reading level
mih-LOG ha-SHA-men
- clause
ve-lah-KAKH ha-ko-HEN mih-LOG ha-SHA-men
- sentence
ve-lah-KAKH ha-ko-HEN mih-LOG ha-SHA-men ve-ya-TSAK ahl-KAF ha-ko-HEN ha-seh-mah-LEET
Exegesis
The prepositional construct millog {מִלֹּ֣ג | mi-lōg} ‘from the log’ specifies the cultic measure, while hashemen {הַשָּׁ֑מֶן | ha-šā-men} ‘the oil’ identifies the medium.
Root and etymology
š-m-nshin-mem-nun
“fat, oil”
In context — Leviticus 14:15
And the priest shall take some oil from the log and pour it upon the palm of the priest’s left hand.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:15, so the Hebrew word הַשָּׁ֑מֶן (hashamen) 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.14.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.15.W4.S1) and character.