Leviticus 14:21:20Lev.14.21.W20TAB

שָֽׁמֶן׃

shamen

oil

Transliteration
SHA-men
Extended
SHAA-mehn
IPA
/ˈʃaː.mɛn/

Meaning by language

English
oil

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Result
שָֽׁ + מֶן׃
sha + men
shamen

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHA-men

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LOG SHA-men

  3. clause

    ve-iss-sa-RON SO-let e-KHAD BA-lul ba-SHE-men le-min-KHAH ve-LOG SHA-men

  4. 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

Finally, velog shemen {וְלֹג שָׁמֶן | wə-lōḡ šā-men} “and a log of oil” provides the liquid measure.

Root and etymology

Rootshin-mem-nun

oil, fat

In contextLeviticus 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 14:21:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Leviticus 14:21, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמֶן׃ (shamen) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.21.W20.S1) and character.