Leviticus 18:23:6Lev.18.23.W6TAB
לֹֽא־תַעֲמֹ֞ד
lohtaahmod
“not stand”
- Transliteration
- loh-ta-ah-MOD
- Extended
- loh-tah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /loː.ta.ʕaˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- not stand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
loh-ta-ah-MOD
- clause
veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
- sentence
oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH loh-ti-TEN she-KHAV-te-KHA leh-tahm-ah-VAH veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
Exegesis
The second prohibition shifts to the feminine with ve'ishah lo ta'amod {וְאִשָּׁה לֹא תַעֲמֹד | vəʾīšāh lō taʿāmōḏ}, maintaining parallel syntax.
In context — Leviticus 18:23
With any animal, you shall not have intercourse to defile yourself in it; nor shall a woman stand before an animal for mating; it is perversion .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 18:23, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תַעֲמֹ֞ד (lohtaahmod) 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.18.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.23.W6.S1) and character.