Leviticus 19:12:2Lev.19.12.W2TAB
בִשְׁמִ֖י
bishmi
“by my name”
- Transliteration
- bish-MI
- Extended
- bish-MEE
- IPA
- /biʃˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by my name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-MI
- phraseyour reading level
veh-loh-ti-sha-veh-OO bish-MI
- clause
veh-loh-ti-sha-veh-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker
- sentence
veh-loh-ti-sha-veh-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The first prohibition begins with vav-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ plus the Qal imperfect tiš-šā-ḇə-ʿû {תִשָּׁבְעוּ | tiš-šā-ḇə-ʿû} ‘you shall swear,’ modified by the preposition biš-mî {בִּשְׁמִי | biš-mî} ‘by my name’ and the infinitive construct la-šā-qer {לַשָּׁקֶר | la-šā-qer} ‘to falsehood’ specifying manner.
In context — Leviticus 19:12
And you shall not swear falsely by My name, nor shall you profane the name of your God . I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:12, so the Hebrew word בִשְׁמִ֖י (bishmi) 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.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.12.W2.S1) and character.