Leviticus 15:14:2Lev.15.14.W2TAB
הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י
hashmeenee
“the eighth”
- Transliteration
- ha-shmee-NEE
- Extended
- hah-shmee-NEE
- IPA
- /haʃmiˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the eighth
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-shmee-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
oo-vah-YOM ha-shmee-NEE
- clause
oo-vah-YOM ha-shmee-NEE yik-KAKH-LO SHTEE to-REEM OH SHNEE beh-NEY yo-NAH
- sentence
oo-vah-YOM ha-shmee-NEE yik-KAKH-LO SHTEE to-REEM OH SHNEE beh-NEY yo-NAH oo-VA lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED oo-neh-tah-NAM el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal clause uvayom hashemini {וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י | û-văy-yôm haš-šĕ-mî-nî} ‘and on the eighth day,’ marking the ritual timing.
In context — Leviticus 15:14
And on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall come before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:14, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י (hashmeenee) 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.15.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.14.W2.S1) and character.