Leviticus 14:21:17Lev.14.21.W17TAB
בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן
bashemen
“with the oil”
- Transliteration
- ba-SHE-men
- Extended
- bah-SHEH-mehn
- IPA
- /baˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHAD BA-lul ba-SHE-men
- clause
ve-iss-sa-RON SO-let e-KHAD BA-lul ba-SHE-men le-min-KHAH ve-LOG SHA-men
- sentence
ve-im-DAL HU ve-EIN ya-DO mas-SE-get ve-la-KAKH KE-ves e-KHAD a-SHAM lit-nu-FAH le-kha-PER a-LAV ve-iss-sa-RON SO-let e-KHAD BA-lul ba-SHE-men le-min-KHAH ve-LOG SHA-men
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase veissaron solet echad balul bashemen leminchah {וְעִשָּׂרוֹן סֹלֶת אֶחָד בָּלוּל בַּשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָה | wə-ʿis-sā-rōn ṣō-let ʾe-chād bā-lûl bä-šā-men lə-min-ḥāh} “and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering” preserves Hebrew word order for legal clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-nun
“oil, fat”
In context — Leviticus 14:21
But if he is poor and his hand cannot reach, then he shall take one lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 14:21, so the Hebrew word בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן (bashemen) 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.14.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.21.W17.S1) and character.