Leviticus 15:29:5Lev.15.29.W5TAB
תֹרִ֔ים
toreem
“turtledoves”
- Transliteration
- to-REEM
- Extended
- toh-REEM
- IPA
- /to.ˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- turtledoves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
to-REEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHTEY to-REEM
- 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 coordinated numeral construct šə-tê tô-rîm ’ō šə-nê bə-nê yō-nā {שְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִים א֥וֹ שְׁנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֑ה | šə-tê tô-rîm ’ō šə-nê bə-nê yō-nā} conveys alternative offerings, with bə-nê yō-nā ‘sons of dove’ functioning idiomatically as “young pigeons.”
Root and etymology
t-w-rtav–waw–resh
“turtledove”
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 15:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:29, so the Hebrew word תֹרִ֔ים (toreem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.29.W5.S1) and character.