Leviticus 22:16:4Lev.22.16.W4TAB
אַשְׁמָ֔ה
ashmah
“guilt”
- Transliteration
- ash-MAH
- Extended
- ash-MAA
- IPA
- /aʃˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- guilt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ash-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
ah-VON ash-MAH
- 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 hendiadic pair avon {עֲוֺ֣ן | ʿăwôn} ‘guilt’ and ashmah {אַשְׁמָ֔ה | ʾăšmāh} ‘liability’ intensifies culpability.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–mem
“to incur guilt”
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 22:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:16, so the Hebrew word אַשְׁמָ֔ה (ashmah) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.16.W4.S1) and character.