Leviticus 22:16:1Lev.22.16.W1TAB
וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ
vehhiseeu
“cause to bear”
- Transliteration
- veh-hi-SEE-u
- Extended
- veh-hi-SEE-oo
- IPA
- /wə.hiˈsiː.uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cause to bear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hi-SEE-u
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hi-SEE-u oh-TAM
- clause
veh-hi-SEE-u oh-TAM ah-VON ash-MAH be-akh-LAM et-kad-SHEY-hem
- sentence
veh-hi-SEE-u oh-TAM ah-VON ash-MAH be-akh-LAM et-kad-SHEY-hem KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-kad-SHAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with vehissi’u {וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ | wəhissîʾû} ‘and they shall cause to bear’, a Hifil imperfect verb expressing agency in prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 22:16
And they shall not cause them to bear liability in eating their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:16, so the Hebrew word וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ (vehhiseeu) 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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.16.W1.S1) and character.