Leviticus 20:14:9Lev.20.14.W9TAB
יִשְׂרְפ֤וּ
yisrefoo
“burn”
- Transliteration
- yis-re-FOO
- Extended
- yis-reh-FOO
- IPA
- /jis.rəˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- burn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-re-FOO
- phraseyour reading level
yis-re-FOO o-TO
- 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.
Root and etymology
שׂ־ר־פ
“consume by fire”
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 20:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 20:14, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרְפ֤וּ (yisrefoo) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W9.S1) and character.