Leviticus 14:17:16Lev.14.17.W16TAB
הַיְמָנִ֑ית
hayemanit
“right”
- Transliteration
- ha-ye-ma-NIT
- Extended
- hah-yeh-mah-NIT
- IPA
- /hajmaˈnit/
Meaning by language
- English
- right
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ye-ma-NIT
- clause
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT
- sentence
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-kap-PO yi-TEN ha-ko-HEN al-te-NUKH O-zen ha-mi-ta-HER ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen ya-DO ha-ye-ma-NIT ve-al-BO-hen rag-LO ha-ye-ma-NIT AL DAM ha-a-SHAM
Exegesis
A chain of prepositional phrases—al {עַל־ | ʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}, ve-al {וְעַל־ | wəʿal}—specifies tenukh {תְּנ֞וּךְ | tənūḵ} ‘lobe’ + ozen {אֹ֤זֶן | ʾōzen} ‘ear’ of ha-mitaher {הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ | hammiṭāhēr} ‘the one being cleansed’, bohen {בֹּ֤הֶן | bōhen} ‘thumb’ of his hand, and bohen {בֹּ֥הֶן | bōhen} ‘big toe’ of his foot, each marked by ha-yemanit {הַיְמָנִ֑ית | haymānīt} ‘the right’.
In context — Leviticus 14:17
And from the remainder of the oil on his palm, the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one being cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 14:17, so the Hebrew word הַיְמָנִ֑ית (hayemanit) 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.14.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.17.W16.S1) and character.