Leviticus 21:18:3Lev.21.18.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ
ahsherbo
“who has in him”
- Transliteration
- ah-sher-BO
- Extended
- ah-sher-BOH
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who has in him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ah-sher-BO
- phraseyour reading level
ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- clause
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- 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 phrase kol-ish {כָל־אִישׁ | qōl-ʾîš} ‘every man’ is specified by the relative clause asher-bo {אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ | ʾă-šer-bō} ‘who has in him’ plus the noun mum {מוּם | mūm} ‘defect’.
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 21:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ (ahsherbo) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.18.W3.S1) and character.