Leviticus 19:27:9Lev.19.27.W9TAB
זְקָנֶֽךָ׃
zekanekha
“your beard”
- Transliteration
- ze-ka-NE-kha
- Extended
- zeh-kah-NEH-kha
- IPA
- /zə.qa.ˈnɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your beard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ze-ka-NE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha
- clause
ve-LO tash-KHEET ET pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha
- sentence
LO tak-KI-fu pe-AT rosh-KHEM ve-LO tash-KHEET ET pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha
Exegesis
The second employs the Hiphil imperfect tashchit {תַשְׁחִית | ṯašḥîṯ} (‘you shall destroy’) in second person masculine singular, marking individual responsibility, with the direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} before pe'at zeqanekha {פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ | peʾaṯ zəqānēḵā} (‘corner of your beard’). The mirrored construct chains emphasize hair margins as identity markers. This structure is rendered in English by preserving normative verbs and genitive relationships.
Root and etymology
“to grow hair, be old”
In context — Leviticus 19:27
You shall not round the corners of your head, and you shall not destroy the corners of your beard.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 19:27, so the Hebrew word זְקָנֶֽךָ׃ (zekanekha) 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.19.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.27.W9.S1) and character.