Leviticus 20:5:12Lev.20.5.W12TAB
לִזְנ֛וֹת
liznot
“whore”
- Transliteration
- liz-NOT
- Extended
- leez-NOHT
- IPA
- /lizˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- whore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
liz-NOT
- clause
ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
- sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
Exegesis
The participle ha-zōnim {הַזֹּנִ֣ים | ha-zōnim} combined with the infinitive liznôt {לִזְנוֹת | liznôt} expresses ongoing pursuit of cultic prostitution to Molech, with ʾaḥărê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} marking direction.
In context — Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word לִזְנ֛וֹת (liznot) 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.20.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W12.S1) and character.