Leviticus 19:8:6Lev.19.8.W6TAB
חִלֵּ֑ל
khillel
“profaned”
- Transliteration
- khil-LEL
- Extended
- khil-LEHL
- IPA
- /ħil.ˈlɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- profaned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khil-LEL
- clause
veh-OHKH-LAV ah-VOH-NOH ih-SA kee-eht-KOH-desh ye-ho-VAH khil-LEL
- sentence
veh-OHKH-LAV ah-VOH-NOH ih-SA kee-eht-KOH-desh ye-ho-VAH khil-LEL veh-nikh-re-TAH ha-NE-fesh ha-HI meh-am-MEH-hah
Exegesis
The verb chillel {חִלֵּ֑ל | ḥil-lēl} intensified by the Piel stem conveys deliberate desecration.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-lamed-lamed
“to profane, desecrate”
In context — Leviticus 19:8
And whoever eats it will bear his guilt , because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD ; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 19:8, so the Hebrew word חִלֵּ֑ל (khillel) 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.19.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.8.W6.S1) and character.