Leviticus 14:16:8Lev.14.16.W8TAB

הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית

hasemaleet

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Transliteration
ha-se-ma-LEET
Extended
hah-seh-ma-LEET
IPA
/ha.sə.maˈliːt/

Meaning by language

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Result
הַ + שְּׂ + מָא + לִ֑ית
ha + se + ma + leet
hasemaleet

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-se-ma-LEET

  2. clause

    veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET

  3. sentence

    veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o SHE-va pe-a-MEEM lihf-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH

Exegesis

A source phrase min ha-shemen {מִן הַשָּׁמֶן | min ha-šě-men} ‘from the oil’ is detailed by the relative clause asher al kappo ha-sema’alit {אֲשֶׁר עַל כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית | ʾă-šer ʿal kăp-pō ha-sə-mā-’ă-lîṯ} ‘which is on his left palm’.

In contextLeviticus 14:16

Then the priest will dip his right finger into the oil on his left palm, and with his finger he will sprinkle the oil seven times before the LORD .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:16, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית (hasemaleet) 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.14.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.16.W8.S1) and character.