Leviticus 16:21:3Lev.16.21.W3TAB
אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י
etshtei
“both”
- Transliteration
- et-SHTEI
- Extended
- eht-SHTEE
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʃteː/
Meaning by language
- English
- both
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-SHTEI
- phraseyour reading level
et-SHTEI ya-DAV
- 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
The construct phrase et-shtei yadav {אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י יָדָ֗יו | ʾet-štê yā-dāyw} ‘both his hands’ emphasizes personal involvement.
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 16:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י (etshtei) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.21.W3.S1) and character.