Leviticus 19:29:4Lev.19.29.W4TAB
וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה
velotizneh
“and not engage in prostitution”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-tiz-NEH
- Extended
- veh-loh-tiz-NEH
- IPA
- /və.loː.tizˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not engage in prostitution
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-tiz-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-tiz-NEH ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-lo-tiz-NEH ha-A-rets u-mal-AH ha-A-rets zim-MAH
- sentence
al-te-kha-LEL et-bit-KHA le-haz-no-TAH ve-lo-tiz-NEH ha-A-rets u-mal-AH ha-A-rets zim-MAH
Exegesis
The conjunctive negative ve-lotizneh {וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה | wə-lōʾ-tiz-nēh} extends the prohibition to the land by personification.
Root and etymology
RootZayin–Nun–Heh
“to prostitute, be promiscuous”
In context — Leviticus 19:29
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, and do not prostitute the land, or the land will be filled with depravity .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:29, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה (velotizneh) 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.19.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.29.W4.S1) and character.