Leviticus 19:11:2Lev.19.11.W2TAB
תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ
tigehnohvoo
“steal”
- Transliteration
- ti-geh-NOH-voo
- Extended
- tee-geh-NOH-voo
- IPA
- /tiː.ɣə.ˈnoː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- steal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ti-geh-NOH-voo
- clause
LO ti-geh-NOH-voo
- sentence
LO ti-geh-NOH-voo veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO veh-LOH te-shak-ke-ROO EESH bah-ah-mee-TOH
Exegesis
The verse presents three prohibitions, each marked by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ followed by a verb tignōwū {תִּגְנֹבוּ | tiḡ-nō-wū} ‘you shall steal’, tekhaḥaššû {תְכַחֲשׁוּ | tə-khaḥ-aš-šû} ‘you shall deny falsely’, and tešaqqerû {תְשַׁקְּרוּ | tə-šaqq-er-ū} ‘you shall lie’.
Root and etymology
ג־נ־ב
“to steal, take secretly”
In context — Leviticus 19:11
You shall not steal or deny falsely or lie to one another.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:11, so the Hebrew word תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ (tigehnohvoo) 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.19.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.11.W2.S1) and character.