Leviticus 21:20:1Lev.21.20.W1TAB
אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן
ogibbehn
“or a hunchback”
- Transliteration
- o-gib-BEHN
- Extended
- oh-gib-BEHN
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ɡibˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a hunchback
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-gib-BEHN
- phraseyour reading level
o-gib-BEHN o-DAK
- clause
o-gib-BEHN o-DAK O teh-va-LOOL beh-EE-NOH
- sentence
o-gib-BEHN o-DAK O teh-va-LOOL beh-EE-NOH O ga-RAV O yal-LE-fet O meh-ROH-akh A-SHEKH
Exegesis
The verse lists a series of disjunctive clauses introduced by the conjunction o {אוֹ | ō} ‘or’, establishing an additive parallelism of physical defects.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ן
“hump, curve”
In context — Leviticus 21:20
Or a hunchback, or one of small stature , or one having a blemish in his eye, or a scab, or an itching disease , or one whose testicle is crushed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:20, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן (ogibbehn) 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.21.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.20.W1.S1) and character.