Leviticus 18:6:4Lev.18.6.W4TAB

בְּשָׂר֔וֹ

besaro

of his flesh

Transliteration
be-sa-RO
Extended
beh-saa-ROH
IPA
/bəsaˈroː/

Meaning by language

English
of his flesh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + שָׂ + ר֔וֹ
be + sa + ro
besaro

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-sa-RO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-kol-she-ER be-sa-RO

  3. clause

    ISH ISH el-kol-she-ER be-sa-RO LO tik-re-VOO le-gal-LOT er-VAAH

  4. sentence

    ISH ISH el-kol-she-ER be-sa-RO LO tik-re-VOO le-gal-LOT er-VAAH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The phrase el-kol-she’er be-saro {אֶל־כָּל־שְׁאֵ֣ר בְּשָׂרוֹ | ʾel kol šeʾêr bə-sārô} functions as a circumstantial expression “toward every close kin.”

In contextLeviticus 18:6

None of you is to approach any close relative to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:6, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂר֔וֹ (besaro) 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.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.6.W4.S1) and character.