Leviticus 16:14:12Lev.16.14.W12TAB
שֶֽׁבַע־פְּעָמִ֛ים
shehvahpehahmeem
“seven times”
- Transliteration
- sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM
- Extended
- sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʃɛvaʕ.pəʕaˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- seven times
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM
- phraseyour reading level
yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM
- clause
veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
Exegesis
The numeral sheva-peʿamim {שֶֽׁבַע־פְּעָמִ֛ים | šē-vā-pə-ʿā-mîm} ‘seven times’ underscores covenantal fullness, and the final phrases minhaddam {מִן־הַדָּ֖ם | min-had-dām} ‘from the blood’ and beetsbaʿo {בְּאֶצְבָּעֽוֹ | bə-ʾet͡s-bā-ʿô} ‘with his finger’ mirror the earlier structure, framing the priest’s precise ritual work with inclusio.
Root and etymology
פ־ע־מ
“beat, occurrence”
In context — Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take from the blood of the bull and, with his finger , sprinkle it upon the face of the atonement cover , eastward; and before the atonement cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 16:14, so the Hebrew word שֶֽׁבַע־פְּעָמִ֛ים (shehvahpehahmeem) 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.16.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.14.W12.S1) and character.