Leviticus 14:26:1Lev.14.26.W1TAB
וּמִן־הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן
oominhahshehmen
“and from the oil”
- Transliteration
- oo-min-hah-SHEH-men
- Extended
- oo-mihn-hah-SHEH-men
- IPA
- /u.min.haˈʃːɛ.mɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from the oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-min-hah-SHEH-men
- clause
oo-min-hah-SHEH-men yih-TSOK ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
oo-min-hah-SHEH-men yih-TSOK ha-ko-HEN al-KAF ha-ko-HEN hah-seh-mah-LEET
Exegesis
The verse opens with umin {וּמִן | ū-min} ‘and from’, marking a sequential ritual instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-nun
“oil, fat”
In context — Leviticus 14:26
And from the oil, the priest shall pour it upon the palm of the priest’s left hand.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:26, so the Hebrew word וּמִן־הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן (oominhahshehmen) 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.14.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.26.W1.S1) and character.