Leviticus 22:14:6Lev.22.14.W6TAB
חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙
khameesheeto
“its fifth part”
- Transliteration
- kha-MEE-shee-TO
- Extended
- khah-MEE-shee-TOH
- IPA
- /χa.miː.ʃi.ˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its fifth part
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MEE-shee-TO
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ya-SAF kha-MEE-shee-TO
- clause
veh-ya-SAF kha-MEE-shee-TO a-LAV veh-na-TAN la-KO-hen et-ha-KO-desh
- 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 conjunction wə-yāsap {וְיָסַף | wə-yāsap} ‘and he shall add’ introduces the compensatory measure, with ḥammîšîṯô {חֲמִשִׁיתוֹ | ḥǎmîšîṯô} ‘its fifth part’ as object and ʿālâw {עָלָיו | ʿālâw} ‘upon it’ indicating calculation basis.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-mem-shin
“five”
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 22:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 22:14, so the Hebrew word חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ (khameesheeto) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.14.W6.S1) and character.