Leviticus 14:26:6Lev.14.26.W6TAB
הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃
hahsehmahleet
“left”
- Transliteration
- hah-seh-mah-LEET
- Extended
- hah-seh-mah-LEET
- IPA
- /ha.sːə.maˈliːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- left
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hah-seh-mah-LEET
- clause
al-KAF ha-ko-HEN hah-seh-mah-LEET
- sentence
oo-min-hah-SHEH-men yih-TSOK ha-ko-HEN al-KAF ha-ko-HEN hah-seh-mah-LEET
Exegesis
The preposition al {עַל | ʿăl} ‘upon’ governs the spatial relationship, and the construct chain kaf hakohen hasemalit {כַּף הַכֹּהֵן הַשְׂמָאלִית | kaph hak-kō-hên ha-sᵊ-ma-ʼlît} ‘palm of the priest, the left’ specifies the exact anatomical location. This Hebrew structure uses repetition and construct phrases to emphasize both the agent and precise location, which in English is rendered by reordering for clarity and expressing possession as “the priest’s left palm.”
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 14:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:26, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃ (hahsehmahleet) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.26.W6.S1) and character.