Leviticus 20:14:8Lev.20.14.W8TAB
בָּאֵ֞שׁ
bahesh
“with fire”
- Transliteration
- bah-ESH
- Extended
- bah-EHSH
- IPA
- /baːˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bah-ESH
- clause
bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-esh yisrefu {בָּאֵשׁ יִשְׂרְפוּ | bā-ʾêš yiś-re-p̄û} uses an impersonal plural verb to express communal responsibility.
In context — Leviticus 20:14
And a man who takes a woman and her mother commits depravity ; with fire they shall burn him and them, so that such depravity will not be among you .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 20:14, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵ֞שׁ (bahesh) 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.20.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W8.S1) and character.