Leviticus 20:13:7Lev.20.13.W7TAB
תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה
toehvah
“abomination”
- Transliteration
- to-eh-VAH
- Extended
- toh-eh-VAA
- IPA
- /toʕeˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- abomination
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-eh-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
to-eh-VAH a-SU
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
This is followed by the predicate noun to-ei-vah {תּוֹעֵבָה | tô-ʿê-ḇāh} ‘abomination’, which carries the legal judgment.
Root and etymology
Roottav ayin bet
“to detest”
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה (toehvah) 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.20.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W7.S1) and character.