Leviticus 18:30:3Lev.18.30.W3TAB
לְבִלְתִּ֨י
lehvilti
“not to”
- Transliteration
- leh-vil-TI
- Extended
- leh-vil-TEE
- IPA
- /lə.vil.ˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-vil-TI
- phraseyour reading level
leh-vil-TI a-SOT
- 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 pair lə-vilti ʿăśôt {לְבִלְתִּ֨י עֲשׂ֜וֹת | lə-vilti ʿăśôt} forms a negative purpose clause (“so as not to do”), introducing the prohibition of mêḥuqqôt ha-toʿēḇōṯ {מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ | mêḥuqqôt ha-toʿēḇōṯ}.
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 18:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֨י (lehvilti) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W3.S1) and character.