Leviticus 20:16:4Lev.20.16.W4TAB
אֶל־כָּל־בְּהֵמָה֙
elkolbehemah
“to any animal”
- Transliteration
- el-kol-be-he-MAH
- Extended
- ehl-kohl-beh-heh-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʔelˈkol.bəheˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to any animal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-kol-be-he-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH
- clause
veh-ISH-SHAH a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH leh-riv-AH o-TAH veh-hah-rag-TAA et-hah-ish-SHAH veh-et-hab-beh-heh-MAAH
- sentence
veh-ISH-SHAH a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH leh-riv-AH o-TAH veh-hah-rag-TAA et-hah-ish-SHAH veh-et-hab-beh-heh-MAAH MOT yoo-ma-TOO deh-mei-HEM BAHM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el kol behemah {אֶל־כָּל־בְּהֵמָה | ’el kol bə-hê-mâh} ‘toward any animal’ extends the prohibition to every beast.
Root and etymology
ב־ה־מ
“beast, animal”
In context — Leviticus 20:16
And a woman who approaches any animal for mating with it shall be killed—both the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:16, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כָּל־בְּהֵמָה֙ (elkolbehemah) 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.20.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.16.W4.S1) and character.