Leviticus 15:29:2Lev.15.29.W2TAB
הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י
hashmeenee
“the eighth”
- Transliteration
- hash-mee-NEE
- Extended
- hahsh-mee-NEE
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃə.mi.ˈniː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-mee-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
oo-bah-YOHM hash-mee-NEE
- clause
oo-bah-YOHM hash-mee-NEE tih-KAKH-LAH SHTEY to-REEM O SHNEY beh-NEY yo-NA
- sentence
oo-bah-YOHM hash-mee-NEE tih-KAKH-LAH SHTEY to-REEM O SHNEY beh-NEY yo-NA veh-he-vee-AAH o-TAM el-ha-ko-HEN el-PEH-takh OH-hel moh-ED
Exegesis
The Hebrew sentence opens with the temporal clause u-və-yōm ha-šmi-nî {וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֗י | û-və-yōm ha-šmi-nî} ‘and on the eighth day’, indicating the specified ritual timing.
In context — Leviticus 15:29
And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:29, 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.15.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.29.W2.S1) and character.