Leviticus 18:30:12Lev.18.30.W12TAB
בָּהֶ֑ם
bahem
“by them”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEM
- Extended
- bah-HEHM
- IPA
- /ba.ˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-HEM
- clause
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM
- sentence
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The coordinate negative wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû {וְלֹ֥א תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ | wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû} prohibits ritual impurity by bâhēm {בָּהֶ֑ם | bâhēm}.
In context — Leviticus 18:30
And you shall keep my charge so as not to do any of the statutes of the abominations that were done before you, and you shall not become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word בָּהֶ֑ם (bahem) 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.18.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W12.S1) and character.