Leviticus 14:23:4Lev.14.23.W4TAB
הַשְּׁמִינִ֛י
hashmeenee
“the eighth”
- Transliteration
- hash-mee-NEE
- Extended
- hahsh-mee-NEE
- IPA
- /haʃmiˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the eighth
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hash-mee-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE
- clause
ve-he-VEE o-TAM ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE leh-ta-ho-RA-TO el-ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-he-VEE o-TAM ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE leh-ta-ho-RA-TO el-ha-ko-HEN el-PE-takh O-hel-mo-ED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The temporal compound bayom hashmini {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי | ba-yōm ha-šə-mî-nî} ‘on the eighth day’ locates the ritual precisely.
In context — Leviticus 14:23
And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:23, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁמִינִ֛י (hashmeenee) 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.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.23.W4.S1) and character.