Leviticus 18:24:8Lev.18.24.W8TAB
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ
meshallehakh
“drive out”
- Transliteration
- me-shal-LEH-akh
- Extended
- meh-shal-LEH-akh
- IPA
- /məʃalˈleːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- drive out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-shal-LEH-akh
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh
- clause
KI be-khol-EH-leh nit-me-OO ha-go-YIM a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh mi-pe-NE-khem
- sentence
al-ti-tam-me-OO be-khol-EH-leh KI be-khol-EH-leh nit-me-OO ha-go-YIM a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh mi-pe-NE-khem
Exegesis
The relative asher-ani {אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י | ăšer-ʾănî} ‘that I’ links to the Piel participle meshaleach {מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ | mešalleaḥ} ‘am sending out’, portraying ongoing divine expulsion.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ל־חshin-lamed-chet
“to send forth”
In context — Leviticus 18:24
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these the nations that I am driving out from before you have defiled themselves.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:24, so the Hebrew word מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ (meshallehakh) 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.18.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.24.W8.S1) and character.