Leviticus 22:13:5Lev.22.13.W5TAB
וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה
oogerusha
“and divorced”
- Transliteration
- oo-ge-ru-SHA
- Extended
- oo-geh-roo-SHAA
- IPA
- /uɣəruˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and divorced
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-ge-ru-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA
- clause
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KI tih-YEH al-ma-NA oo-ge-ru-SHA ve-ZE-ra EIN LAH ve-sha-VA el-BEET a-VI-ha kin-oo-RE-ha mil-LE-khem a-VI-ha to-KHEL ve-khol-ZAR lo-yo-KHAL BO
Exegesis
The coordinated statuses al-mānâh û-gerûšâh {אַלְמָנָ֣ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה | al-mānâh û-gerûšâh} ‘widow or divorced’ define her condition.
Root and etymology
ש־הśeh
“sheep, lamb”
In context — Leviticus 22:13
If a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced and has no offspring and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat of it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:13, so the Hebrew word וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה (oogerusha) 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.22.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.13.W5.S1) and character.