Leviticus 20:27:7Lev.20.27.W7TAB
יִדְּעֹנִ֖י
yidehohnee
“necromancer”
- Transliteration
- yid-eh-oh-NEE
- Extended
- yid-eh-oh-NEE
- IPA
- /jid.dəʕoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- necromancer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yid-eh-oh-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
oh yid-eh-oh-NEE
- clause
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU
- sentence
veh-ISH oh-ish-SHAH kee-yih-YEH va-HEM OV oh yid-eh-oh-NEE MOT yoo-ma-TU bah-EH-ven yir-geh-MOO oh-TAM deh-MEE-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The parallel terms ʾôb and yidʿōnî {אוֹב יִדְּעֹנִי | ʾôb yidʿōnî} specify forbidden spirit practices in synonymous legal parallelism.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿ
“consultant of knowledge”
In context — Leviticus 20:27
Any man or woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death; with stones they shall stone them; their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:27, so the Hebrew word יִדְּעֹנִ֖י (yidehohnee) 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.20.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.27.W7.S1) and character.