Leviticus 17:7:4Lev.17.7.W4TAB
לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם
laseeerim
“to the goat-demons”
- Transliteration
- la-se-EE-rim
- Extended
- lah-seh-EE-reem
- IPA
- /las.səˈʕiː.rim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the goat-demons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-se-EE-rim
- clause
ve-LO-yiz-be-KHU OD ET-ziv-KHEE-HEM la-se-EE-rim a-SHER HEM zoh-NEEM a-kha-REI-hem
- sentence
ve-LO-yiz-be-KHU OD ET-ziv-KHEE-HEM la-se-EE-rim a-SHER HEM zoh-NEEM a-kha-REI-hem khoo-KAT o-LAM ti-hyeh-ZOT la-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The phrase laseirim {לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם | la-se-ʿî-rîm} ‘to the goat idols’ is modified by a relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ and the participle zonim {זֹנִים | zō-nîm} ‘prostituting themselves,’ with achareihem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | ʾa-ḥă-rê-hem} ‘after them’ showing pursuit.
Root and etymology
š-ʿ-rshin–ayin–resh
“hairy goat, demon”
In context — Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons , after whom they are prostituting themselves . This shall be a statute forever for them and for their generations.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 17:7, so the Hebrew word לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם (laseeerim) 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.17.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.7.W4.S1) and character.