Leviticus 19:14:2Lev.19.14.W2TAB
חֵרֵ֔שׁ
kheresh
“the deaf”
- Transliteration
- khe-RESH
- Extended
- kheh-RESH
- IPA
- /xeˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the deaf
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khe-RESH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-teh-kal-LEL khe-RESH
- clause
loh-teh-kal-LEL khe-RESH veh-lif-NEE i-VER LO tih-TEN mikh-SHOL
- sentence
loh-teh-kal-LEL khe-RESH veh-lif-NEE i-VER LO tih-TEN mikh-SHOL veh-yah-REH-tah meh-eh-loh-HEE-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
Rootḥet-resh-shin
“deaf”
In context — Leviticus 19:14
You shall not curse the deaf nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God ; I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:14, so the Hebrew word חֵרֵ֔שׁ (kheresh) 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.19.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.14.W2.S1) and character.