Leviticus 16:29:8Lev.16.29.W8TAB
לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ
lakhodesh
“of the month”
- Transliteration
- la-KHO-desh
- Extended
- lah-KHOH-desh
- IPA
- /laˈxodɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the month
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh
- clause
ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM
- sentence
veh-hah-yeh-TAH la-KHEM leh-KHOO-KAT oh-LAAM ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM
Exegesis
Temporal layering appears in bachodesh hashevi'i {בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי | ba-ḥō-deš ha-šə-vī-ʾī} ‘in the seventh month’ followed by be'asor lachodesh {בֶּעָשׂ֨וֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ | be-ʿā-ṣōr la-ḥō-deš} ‘on the tenth of the month.’
In context — Leviticus 16:29
And it shall be for you an everlasting statute ; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls , and you shall do no work of any kind, whether native-born or sojourner among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:29, so the Hebrew word לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ (lakhodesh) 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.16.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.29.W8.S1) and character.