Leviticus 14:27:5Lev.14.27.W5TAB
מִן־הַשֶּׁ֕מֶן
minhashemen
“from the oil”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-SHE-men
- Extended
- min-hah-SHEH-men
- IPA
- /min.haˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
min-ha-SHE-men
- clause
ve-hiz-ZAH ha-ko-HEN be-ets-ba-O ha-ye-ma-NIT min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LIT
- sentence
ve-hiz-ZAH ha-ko-HEN be-ets-ba-O ha-ye-ma-NIT min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LIT SHE-va pe-a-MIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ tightly links to its source in min hashemen al-kappō hasmoalit {מִן־הַשֶּׁ֕מֶן עַל־כַּפּ֖וֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית | min-ha-šemen ʿal-kappō ha-səmāʾālîṯ} ‘from the oil upon his left palm’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-nun
“oil”
In context — Leviticus 14:27
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger from the oil that is upon his left palm, seven times before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:27, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַשֶּׁ֕מֶן (minhashemen) 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.14.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.27.W5.S1) and character.