Leviticus 17:3:15Lev.17.3.W15TAB
לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
lamakhaneh
“the camp”
- Transliteration
- la-ma-kha-NEH
- Extended
- lah-mah-kha-NEH
- IPA
- /lam.maχaˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the camp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-ma-kha-NEH
- 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
chet–nun–hechet–nun–he
“camp, encampment”
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 17:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 17:3, so the Hebrew word לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (lamakhaneh) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.3.W15.S1) and character.