Leviticus 16:21:1Lev.16.21.W1TAB
וְסָמַ֨ךְ
vesamakh
“laid”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-MAKH
- Extended
- veh-sa-MAHKH
- IPA
- /və.saˈmaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- laid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sa-MAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON
- clause
ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM veh-na-TAN o-TAM al-ROSH ha-sa-IR veh-shil-LAKH be-yad-EESH it-TI ha-mid-ba-RAH
Exegesis
vesamakh {וְסָמַ֨ךְ | wə-sā-maḵ} ‘and he shall lay’ introduces a transfer of sin.
In context — Leviticus 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head. Then he shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:21, so the Hebrew word וְסָמַ֨ךְ (vesamakh) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.21.W1.S1) and character.