Leviticus 18:30:5Lev.18.30.W5TAB
מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת
mehkhukot
“from the statutes of”
- Transliteration
- meh-khu-KOT
- Extended
- meh-khoo-KOHT
- IPA
- /me.ħu.ˈkoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the statutes of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-khu-KOT
- phraseyour reading level
meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT
- 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}.
Root and etymology
Rootchaqaq
“statute, ordinance”
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 18:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת (mehkhukot) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W5.S1) and character.