Leviticus 21:11:3Lev.21.11.W3TAB
מֵ֖ת
met
“dead”
- Transliteration
- MET
- Extended
- MEHT
- IPA
- /ˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- dead
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MET
- phraseyour reading level
kol-naf-SHOT MET
- clause
ve-AL kol-naf-SHOT MET LO ya-VO
- sentence
ve-AL kol-naf-SHOT MET LO ya-VO le-a-VIV oo-le-im-MO LO yih-ta-MA
Exegesis
The construct sequence kol-nafshot met {כָּל־נַפְשֹׁ֥ת מֵ֖ת | kâl-nap̄-shōṯ mêṯ} ‘all souls of the dead’ specifies the full scope of corpses covered by the ban.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem-vav-taw
“to die”
In context — Leviticus 21:11
He shall not enter where any dead is, nor shall he become unclean for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:11, so the Hebrew word מֵ֖ת (met) 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.21.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.11.W3.S1) and character.