Leviticus 19:28:5Lev.19.28.W5TAB
בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם
bivsarkhem
“in your flesh”
- Transliteration
- biv-sar-KHEM
- Extended
- bihv-sahr-KHEM
- IPA
- /biv.sar.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
biv-sar-KHEM
- clause
ve-SE-ret la-NE-fesh LO tit-NU biv-sar-KHEM u-khe-TO-vet ka-a-KA LO tit-NU ba-KHEM
- sentence
ve-SE-ret la-NE-fesh LO tit-NU biv-sar-KHEM u-khe-TO-vet ka-a-KA LO tit-NU ba-KHEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases bi-vsar-khem {בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם | bi-v-sar-khem} and ba-khem {בָּכֶ֑ם | ba-khem} delimit internal flesh and external body as the loci of the bans.
In context — Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make an incision for a soul in your flesh, and you shall not put engraving on yourselves. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:28, so the Hebrew word בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם (bivsarkhem) 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.19.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.28.W5.S1) and character.