Leviticus 22:12:3Lev.22.12.W3TAB
תִהְיֶ֖ה
tihyeh
“becomes”
- Transliteration
- tih-YEH
- Extended
- tih-YEH
- IPA
- /ti.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- becomes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tih-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
KEE tih-YEH
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a conditional clause, and the Qal imperfect tihyeh {תִהְיֶה | tī-hyēh} ‘she becomes’ signals entry into a new social state.
Root and etymology
Yə-hō-wāhYə-hō-wāh
“to be”
In context — Leviticus 22:12
And if a daughter of a priest becomes the wife of a layman , she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:12, so the Hebrew word תִהְיֶ֖ה (tihyeh) 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.22.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.12.W3.S1) and character.