Leviticus 21:5:10Lev.21.5.W10TAB
יִשְׂרְט֖וּ
yisretu
“make cuts”
- Transliteration
- yis-re-TU
- Extended
- yis-reh-TUU
- IPA
- /jis.rəˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- make cuts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-re-TU
- phraseyour reading level
LO yis-re-TU
- clause
u-vi-vsa-RAM LO yis-re-TU sa-ra-TET
- sentence
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu u-vi-vsa-RAM LO yis-re-TU sa-ra-TET
Exegesis
The verse employs three parallel prohibitions introduced by the negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’, each followed by an imperfect verbal clause: the Qal yikrekhu {יִקְרְחוּ | yiqrəḥû} ‘they shall make bald’, the Piel yegallēḥû {יְגַלֵּחוּ | yəgallēḥû} ‘they shall shave’, and the Qal yisretu {יִשְׂרְטּוּ | yiśrəṭṭû} ‘they shall cut’.
In context — Leviticus 21:5
They must not make baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edge of their beards, nor make any incision in their flesh.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 21:5, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרְט֖וּ (yisretu) 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.21.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W10.S1) and character.