Leviticus 19:12:5Lev.19.12.W5TAB
אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם
etshem
“the name of”
- Transliteration
- et-SHEM
- Extended
- eht-SHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the name of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- 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 second flows in ve-ḥil-lal-tā {וְחִלַּלְתָּ | wə-ḥil-lal-tā} ‘and you shall profane,’ where the direct-object marker ʾeṯ {אֵת | ʾeṯ} foregrounds šēm {שֵׁם | šēm} ‘name’ as patient.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem
“name, reputation”
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 19:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם (etshem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.12.W5.S1) and character.