Leviticus 14:21:20Lev.14.21.W20TAB
שָֽׁמֶן׃
shamen
“oil”
- Transliteration
- SHA-men
- Extended
- SHAA-mehn
- IPA
- /ˈʃaː.mɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
SHA-men
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LOG SHA-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
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 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 14:21:20 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.