Leviticus 18:17:12Lev.18.17.W12TAB
שַׁאֲרָ֥ה
shaarah
“kin”
- Transliteration
- sha-a-RAH
- Extended
- shah-ah-RAAH
- IPA
- /ʃa.ʔa.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- kin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-a-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH
- clause
ET-bat-be-NAH veh-ET-bat-bit-TAH LO ti-KAKH le-gal-LOT er-va-TAH sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH zi-MAH HI
- sentence
er-VAT i-SHAH oo-bit-TAH LO te-gal-LEH ET-bat-be-NAH veh-ET-bat-bit-TAH LO ti-KAKH le-gal-LOT er-va-TAH sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH zi-MAH HI
Exegesis
The clause sha-arah henna {שַׁאֲרָה הֵנָּה | sha·ʿā·rāh hēn·nāh} provides the familial rationale, and the emphatic zimmah hi {זִמָּה הִוא | zim·māh hīʾ} delivers a moral judgment. The English rendering preserves the series of prohibitions through repetition and parallel structure.
Root and etymology
ש־א־ר
“flesh, kin, close relative”
In context — Leviticus 18:17
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They are her close relatives ; it is wickedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 18:17, so the Hebrew word שַׁאֲרָ֥ה (shaarah) 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.18.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.17.W12.S1) and character.