Leviticus 21:12:11Lev.21.12.W11TAB
שֶׁ֣מֶן
shemen
“oil”
- Transliteration
- SHE-men
- Extended
- SHEH-men
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV
- clause
KI NE-zer SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV a-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
oo-min-hah-mik-DASH LO ye-TSE ve-LO ye-khal-LEL ET mik-DASH e-lo-HAV KI NE-zer SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV a-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ leads into the complex noun phrase nēzer še·men mišḥat ʾĕlōhāyōw {נֵ֠זֶר שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת אֱלֹהָיו | nē·zer še·men miš·ḥat ʾĕ·lō·hā·yōw} ‘the consecration of the anointing oil of his God’, where nested constructs underscore the priest’s dedicated status (ʿalāyōw {עָלָיו | ʿă·lā·yōw} ‘upon him’).
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ן
“oil, fatness”
In context — Leviticus 21:12
And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, nor desecrate the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 21:12, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֣מֶן (shemen) 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.21.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.12.W11.S1) and character.