Leviticus 22:14:4Lev.22.14.W4TAB
בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה
bishgegah
“unintentionally”
- Transliteration
- bish-ge-GAH
- Extended
- bish-geh-GAA
- IPA
- /biʃ.ɡa.ˈɡaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unintentionally
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-ge-GAH
- clause
veh-EESH kee-YO-KHAL KO-desh bish-ge-GAH
- sentence
veh-EESH kee-YO-KHAL KO-desh bish-ge-GAH veh-ya-SAF kha-MEE-shee-TO a-LAV veh-na-TAN la-KO-hen et-ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bi-šgaġâh {בִּשְׁגָגָה | bi-šgaġâh} ‘in error’ marks the act as unintentional.
In context — Leviticus 22:14
And if any man eats a sacred thing unintentionally, then he shall add a fifth part to it and give the sacred thing to the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:14, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה (bishgegah) 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.22.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.14.W4.S1) and character.