Leviticus 21:5:8Lev.21.5.W8TAB
וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם
uvivsaram
“and on their flesh”
- Transliteration
- u-vi-vsa-RAM
- Extended
- oo-vee-vsaa-RAAM
- IPA
- /uvivsaˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on their flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-vi-vsa-RAM
- 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 construct phrase pe'at zakanam {פְּאַת זְקָנָם | pəʾaṯ zəqānām} ‘edge of their beard’ specifies a precise boundary, while u-vivšārām {וּבִבְשָׂרָם | u-vivšārām} ‘and in their flesh’ marks the location of the forbidden act.
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 21:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 21:5, so the Hebrew word וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם (uvivsaram) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W8.S1) and character.