Leviticus 14:27:8Lev.14.27.W8TAB
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית
hasemalit
“the left”
- Transliteration
- ha-se-ma-LIT
- Extended
- hah-seh-mah-LEET
- IPA
- /has.sə.maˈliːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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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Word in context
- word
ha-se-ma-LIT
- 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’.
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 14:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 14:27, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית (hasemalit) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.27.W8.S1) and character.