Leviticus 14:17:2Lev.14.17.W2TAB
הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן
hashemen
“of the oil”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-men
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-men
- IPA
- /haˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
oo-mi-YEH-ter ha-SHE-men
- 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
It then names ha-shemen {הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן | haššemen} ‘the oil’, modified by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} ‘that’ situated on kappo {כַּפּ֗וֹ | kappō} ‘his palm’.
Root and etymology
שׁ־מ־ן
“oil, fatness”
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 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 14:17, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן (hashemen) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.17.W2.S1) and character.