Leviticus 20:6:5Lev.20.6.W5TAB
וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים
veelhayiddehoneem
“and to the necromancers”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM
- Extended
- veh-el-hah-YID-deh-oh-NEEM
- IPA
- /və.ʔel.ha.jid.də.ʕoˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the necromancers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM
- clause
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrase el-ha-ovot ve-el-ha-yiddo‘nim {אֶל־הָאֹבֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִים | ʾel hā-ʾō-ḇōṯ wə-ʾel ha-yid-də-ʿō-nîm} highlights forbidden practitioners.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-dalet-ayin
“spiritists”
In context — Leviticus 20:6
And the soul who turns to the mediums and the spiritists, to prostitute themselves after them, I will set my face against that soul and will cut it off from the midst of its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:6, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים (veelhayiddehoneem) 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.20.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.6.W5.S1) and character.