Leviticus 21:23:7Lev.21.23.W7TAB
יִגַּ֖שׁ
yigash
“approach”
- Transliteration
- yi-GASH
- Extended
- yih-GASH
- IPA
- /jiˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- approach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
yi-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
LO yi-GASH
- clause
AKH el-ha-pa-RO-khet LO ya-VO ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yi-GASH ki-MUM BO
- sentence
AKH el-ha-pa-RO-khet LO ya-VO ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yi-GASH ki-MUM BO ve-LO ye-kha-LEL et-mik-da-SHAI KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-SHAM
Exegesis
A parallel vav-phrase ve-el-ha-mizbeach {וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ | wə-ʾel-hă-miz-bē-ʾaḥ} “and to the altar” + lo + yiggash {יִגַּשׁ | yi-ḡaš} “he shall approach” reinforces the prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 21:23
However, he shall not come to the curtain, and he shall not approach the altar, for there is a defect in him; and he shall not profane My sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 21:23, so the Hebrew word יִגַּ֖שׁ (yigash) 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.21.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.23.W7.S1) and character.