Leviticus 19:11:3Lev.19.11.W3TAB
וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ
vehloh tekhakhashoo
“and not act falsely”
- Transliteration
- veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO
- Extended
- veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO
- IPA
- /və.loː.tə.xa.ħa.ˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not act falsely
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO
- phraseyour reading level
veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO veh-LOH te-shak-ke-ROO
- clause
veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO veh-LOH te-shak-ke-ROO EESH bah-ah-mee-TOH
- 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’.
The conjunction wə-lō {וְלֹא | wə-lō} ‘and not’ links the prohibitions in series.
Root and etymology
כ־ח־ש
“to deny, deceive”
In context — Leviticus 19:11
You shall not steal or deny falsely or lie to one another.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:11, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ (vehloh tekhakhashoo) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.11.W3.S1) and character.