Leviticus 14:46:4Lev.14.46.W4TAB
הִסְגִּ֣יר
hisgeer
“confinement”
- Transliteration
- his-GEER
- Extended
- his-GEER
- IPA
- /his.ˈgiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- confinement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
his-GEER
- phraseyour reading level
his-GEER o-TO
- clause
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO
- sentence
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO yit-MA ad-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The construct kol yemei hisgir oto {כָּל־יְמֵ֖י הִסְגִּ֣יר אֹת֑וֹ | kâl yĕmê hisgîr ʾōṯō} expresses duration – ‘all the days of his isolating it’ – with hisgîr in the Hiphil perfect indicating causative closure.
Root and etymology
ס־ג־ר
“to shut, close”
In context — Leviticus 14:46
And anyone who enters the house during all the days that he isolates it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:46, so the Hebrew word הִסְגִּ֣יר (hisgeer) 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.14.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.46.W4.S1) and character.