Leviticus 21:5:11Lev.21.5.W11TAB
שָׂרָֽטֶת׃
saratet
“cut”
- Transliteration
- sa-ra-TET
- Extended
- saa-rah-TET
- IPA
- /saːraˈtɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- cut
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
sa-ra-TET
- 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 nominal objects qerchah {קָֽרְחָה | qerḥāh} ‘baldness’ and saretet {שָׂרָֽטֶת | ṣārāṭeṯ} ‘incision’ underscore the material results of the proscribed actions. This threefold parallelism, linked by conjunctions and repeated negations, emphasizes the comprehensive ban on bodily disfigurement associated with mourning or idolatrous rites.
Root and etymology
ś-r-ṭshin-resh-tet
“incision”
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 21:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 21:5, so the Hebrew word שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ (saratet) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W11.S1) and character.