Leviticus 19:35:4Lev.19.35.W4TAB
בַּמִּדָּ֕ה
bamidda
“in the measure”
- Transliteration
- ba-mid-DA
- Extended
- bah-mihd-DAA
- IPA
- /ba.midˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the measure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mid-DA
- clause
ba-mid-DA ba-mish-KAL u-va-me-su-RA
- sentence
lo-ta-a-SU A-wel ba-mish-PAT ba-mid-DA ba-mish-KAL u-va-me-su-RA
Exegesis
The noun ʿāvel {עָ֖וֶל | ʿāvel} ‘injustice’ governs an asyndetic series of prepositional phrases: bammishp̄āṭ {בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט | bammishp̄āṭ}, bammiddāh {בַּמִּדָּ֕ה | bammiddāh}, bammishqāl {בַּמִּשְׁקָל | bammishqāl}, and ūbamməšûrāh {וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה | ū-bamməšûrāh}. This parallel structure emphasizes equal moral weight across legal, commercial, and practical domains. The repeated preposition–definite article construction highlights specificity, and the standard English SVO itemization preserves the force of the original injunction.
Root and etymology
m–d–dmem-dalet-dalet
“measurement, dimension”
In context — Leviticus 19:35
You shall not commit injustice in judgment or in measurement , in weight or in quantity.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:35, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּדָּ֕ה (bamidda) 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.19.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.35.W4.S1) and character.