Leviticus 21:18:12Lev.21.18.W12TAB
חָרֻ֖ם
kharum
“mutilated”
- Transliteration
- kha-RUM
- Extended
- khah-ROOM
- IPA
- /ħa.ˈruːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- mutilated
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-RUM
- phraseyour reading level
O kha-RUM
- clause
ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
- sentence
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
Exegesis
The following clause mirrors this with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and a syndetic list of physical conditions—ivver {עִוֵּר | ʿiv-ver} ‘blind’, pisseach {פִסֵּחַ | pî-sê-āḥ} ‘lame’, charum {חָרֻם | ḥă-rûm} ‘disfigured’, sarua {שָׂרוּעַ | să-rû-aʿ} ‘stretched-out’—each joined by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’. This general prohibition followed by enumerated examples underscores the priestly requirement for ritual purity by explicitly excluding all with physical blemishes.
Root and etymology
chet-resh-memchet resh mem
“to cut off”
In context — Leviticus 21:18
For any man who has a defect shall not come near: a man who is blind, or lame, or mutilated in face , or a limb too long.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 21:18, so the Hebrew word חָרֻ֖ם (kharum) 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.21.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.18.W12.S1) and character.