Leviticus 20:12:9Lev.20.12.W9TAB
עָשׂ֖וּ
asu
“committed”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- committed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
TE-vel a-SU
- clause
TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The perfect verb asu {עָשׂ֖וּ | ʿa-sū} confirms the act’s completion, and the idiom dmeihem bam {דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם | də-mē-hem bam} ‘their blood upon them’ signals self-incurred judicial responsibility. English rendering shifts from verb-final Hebrew to subject-verb order and preserves the emphatic infinitive absolute structure.
In context — Leviticus 20:12
Any man who lies with his daughter-in-law shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion , and their blood shall be upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 20:12, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֖וּ (asu) 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.20.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.12.W9.S1) and character.