Leviticus 18:21:7Lev.18.21.W7TAB
אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם
etshem
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- et-SHEM
- Extended
- eh-SHEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ’et} precedes the direct object shem {שֵׁ֥ם | šēm} ‘name’, and eloheikha {אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ-lō-hê-ḵā} ‘your God’ anchors the command in personal divine relationship.
Root and etymology
š-m-mš-m-m
“name, reputation”
In context — Leviticus 18:21
And from your offspring you shall not give to Molech to make them pass through the fire, and you shall not profane the name of your God . I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם (etshem) 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.18.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.21.W7.S1) and character.