Leviticus 16:27:18Lev.16.27.W18TAB
וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם
veetbesaram
“and their flesh”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-be-sa-RAM
- Extended
- veh-EHT-beh-SAH-RAAM
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.bə.sa.ˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their flesh
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-be-sa-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
et-o-ro-TAM ve-et-be-sa-RAM
- clause
ve-sar-FU ba-ESH et-o-ro-TAM ve-et-be-sa-RAM ve-et-pir-SHAM
- sentence
ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ve-ET se-EER ha-kha-TAT a-SHER hu-VA et-da-MAM le-ka-PER ba-KO-desh yo-TSEE el-mee-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH ve-sar-FU ba-ESH et-o-ro-TAM ve-et-be-sa-RAM ve-et-pir-SHAM
Exegesis
Finally, the Qal perfect vesarfu {וְשָׂרְפוּ | və-śār-pû} ‘and they shall burn’ takes the distributive direct objects et-orotam {אֶת־עֹרֹתָם | ʾet-ʿō-rō-ṯām}, ve-et-besaram {וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָם | vә-ʾet-be-sā-rām}, and ve-et-pirsham {וְאֶת־פִּרְשָׁם | vә-ʾet-pir-šām}, underscoring complete removal and destruction of the sacrificial remains in accordance with Levitical purity regulations.
Root and etymology
“flesh, body”
In context — Leviticus 16:27
The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the holy place, shall be brought out outside the camp; and their skins and their flesh and their dung shall be burned in the fire.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:27:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 16:27, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם (veetbesaram) 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.16.27.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.27.W18.S1) and character.