Leviticus 19:26:5Lev.19.26.W5TAB
תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ
tenakhashu
“practice divination”
- Transliteration
- te-na-kha-SHU
- Extended
- teh-nah-khah-SHOO
- IPA
- /tə.na.ħa.ˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- practice divination
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
te-na-kha-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-na-kha-SHU
- clause
LO te-na-kha-SHU ve-LO te-oh-neh-NOO
- sentence
LO to-akh-LU al-had-DAM LO te-na-kha-SHU ve-LO te-oh-neh-NOO
Exegesis
Each subsequent clause uses coordinated negatives lo tenakhashu {לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ | lō te-na-ḥa-šû} ‘you shall not practice divination’ and ve-lo teonenu {וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ | wə-lō tᵉ-ʿō-nē-nû} ‘and not you shall interpret omens’, reflecting a series of equal-weight prohibitions in the Hebrew syntax.
Root and etymology
Rootn-ḥ-š
“practice divination, serpent”
In context — Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat with the blood , you shall not practice divination , and you shall not interpret omens.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:26, so the Hebrew word תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ (tenakhashu) 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.19.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.26.W5.S1) and character.