Leviticus 19:21:8Lev.19.21.W8TAB
אָשָֽׁם׃
asham
“a guilt offering”
- Transliteration
- a-SHAM
- Extended
- ah-SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a guilt offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHAM
- clause
EIL a-SHAM
- sentence
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED EIL a-SHAM
Exegesis
The appositional pair eil {אֵיל | ʼêl} ‘a ram’ and asham {אָשָׁם | ʼā-šām} ‘guilt offering’ completes the clause, mirroring Hebrew apposition. This Verb–Object–Location–Specification sequence foregrounds the obligatory nature of the ritual and highlights divine agency through fronting.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Shin, Mem
“to be guilty, incur guilt”
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 19:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 19:21, so the Hebrew word אָשָֽׁם׃ (asham) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.21.W8.S1) and character.