Leviticus 18:30:8Lev.18.30.W8TAB

נַעֲשׂ֣וּ

naasu

were done

Transliteration
na-a-SU
Extended
nah-ah-SOO
IPA
/na.ʕa.ˈsuː/

Meaning by language

English
were done

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Result
נַ + עֲ + שׂ֣וּ
na + a + su
naasu

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-a-SU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 relative clause ʾăšer naʿăšû {אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשׂ֣וּ | ʾăšer naʿăšû} ‘which were done’ with lippənêḵem {לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | lippənêḵem} ‘before you’ recalls prior practices.

In contextLeviticus 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 18:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word נַעֲשׂ֣וּ (naasu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W8.S1) and character.