Leviticus 19:9:5Lev.19.9.W5TAB
תְכַלֶּ֛ה
tekhaleh
“complete”
- Transliteration
- te-kha-LEH
- Extended
- teh-khal-LEH
- IPA
- /θəxalˈlɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- complete
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
te-kha-LEH
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-kha-LEH
- clause
oo-veh-kuts-reh-KHEM et-ke-TSIR ar-tshe-KHEM LO te-kha-LEH pe-AHT sahd-KHA lik-TSOR
- sentence
oo-veh-kuts-reh-KHEM et-ke-TSIR ar-tshe-KHEM LO te-kha-LEH pe-AHT sahd-KHA lik-TSOR veh-LE-ket keh-TSIR-KHAA LO teh-la-KET
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ precedes the qal imperfect t’khalleh {תְכַלֶּה | tə-ḵallêh} ‘you shall finish’, creating a prohibition against exhaustive harvesting.
Root and etymology
k-l-lkaf-lamed-lamed
“to complete, finish”
In context — Leviticus 19:9
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the edge of your field, and you shall not gather the gleanings of your harvest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:9, so the Hebrew word תְכַלֶּ֛ה (tekhaleh) 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.19.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.9.W5.S1) and character.