Leviticus 21:2:2Lev.21.2.W2TAB
אִם־לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ
imlishero
“except for his kin”
- Transliteration
- im-li-she-RO
- Extended
- ihm-lih-sheh-ROH
- IPA
- /ʔim.liʃ.ʔeː.ˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- except for his kin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-li-she-RO
- clause
KI im-li-she-RO ha-ka-ROV e-LAV
- sentence
KI im-li-she-RO ha-ka-ROV e-LAV leh-im-MO oo-leh-ah-VIV veh-liv-NO oo-leh-bit-TO oo-leh-ah-KHIV
Exegesis
The conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if/except’ links directly to the infinitival construct lišʾērô {לִשְׁאֵרוֹ | lišʾērô} ‘to/for his close relative’, establishing the limited scope of allowable relations.
Root and etymology
ש־א־ר
“to remain; kin relationship”
In context — Leviticus 21:2
But only for his close relative , who is the close one to him, to his mother, to his father, to his son, to his daughter, and to his brother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:2:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 21:2, so the Hebrew word אִם־לִשְׁאֵר֔וֹ (imlishero) 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.21.2.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.2.W2.S1) and character.