Leviticus 20:23:6Lev.20.23.W6TAB
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ
meshalleakh
“drive out”
- Transliteration
- me-shal-LE-akh
- Extended
- meh-shal-LEH-akh
- IPA
- /məʃalˈleːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- drive out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-shal-LE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh
- clause
ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM
- sentence
ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM KI et-kol-EH-leh a-SU va-a-KUTS BAM
Exegesis
The noun hagoy {הַגּוֹי | ha-gōy} ‘the nation’ is specified by a relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ and the Piel participle meshalleach {מְשַׁלֵּחַ | mə-šallē-aḥ} ‘sending away,’ attributing ongoing divine action.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Lamed, Chet
“to send; drive forth”
In context — Leviticus 20:23
And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am driving out from before you, because they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:23, so the Hebrew word מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ (meshalleakh) 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.20.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.23.W6.S1) and character.