Leviticus 16:32:3Lev.16.32.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁ֣ח
asheryimshakh
“anointed”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yim-SHAKH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yim-SHAKH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jimˈʃaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- anointed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yim-SHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO
- clause
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV
- sentence
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV ve-la-VASH eht-big-DEE ha-BAD big-DEE ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾǎ-šer} specify his qualifications: a-sher-yimshach {אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁח | ʾǎ-šer-yim-šā-ḥ} ‘who is anointed’ marks induction by oil, and va-asher yemalle et-yado {וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת־יָד֔וֹ | wǎ-ʾǎ-šer yǝ-mal-lēʼ ʾet-yā-ḏō} ‘and who fills his hand’ is an idiom for commissioning via hand-filling.
In context — Leviticus 16:32
And the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve in place of his father shall make atonement, and he shall put on the linen garments .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:32, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁ֣ח (asheryimshakh) 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.16.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.32.W3.S1) and character.