Leviticus 19:21:2Lev.19.21.W2TAB
אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙
etahshamo
“his compensation”
- Transliteration
- et-ah-sha-MO
- Extended
- eht-ah-sha-MOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔa.ʃaˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his compensation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
et-ah-sha-MO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO
- clause
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED EIL a-SHAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʼet} introduces ashamo {אֲשָׁמוֹ | ʾă-šā-mô} ‘his guilt offering’, where the pronominal suffix marks personal liability.
Root and etymology
א-שaleph-shin
“fire”
In context — Leviticus 19:21
And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as a guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ (etahshamo) 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.19.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.21.W2.S1) and character.