Leviticus 17:3:13Lev.17.3.W13TAB
יִשְׁחַ֔ט
yishkhat
“slaughters”
- Transliteration
- yish-KHAT
- Extended
- yish-KHAHT
- IPA
- /jiʃˈχat/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yish-KHAT
- clause
O a-SHER yish-KHAT mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
EESH EESH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL a-SHER yish-KHAT SHOR o-KE-sev o-EZ ba-ma-kha-NEH O a-SHER yish-KHAT mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} introduces two parallel actions governed by yishchat {יִשְׁחַט | yiš-ḥaṭ} ‘he slaughters,’ first within the prepositional phrase ba-machaneh {בַּמַּחֲנֶה | ba-maḥ-ă-nêh} ‘in the camp’ and then within mi-chuts la-machaneh {מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה | mi-ḥûṣ la-maḥ-ă-nêh} ‘from outside to the camp.’
Root and etymology
shin–chet–tetshin–chet–tet
“to slaughter”
In context — Leviticus 17:3
Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a sheep, or a goat in the camp , or who slaughters one outside the camp.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 17:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁחַ֔ט (yishkhat) 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.17.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.3.W13.S1) and character.