Leviticus 22:2:9Lev.22.2.W9TAB
אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם
etshem
“name”
- Transliteration
- et-SHEM
- Extended
- eht-SHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-SHEM kad-SHI
- clause
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI a-SHER HEM mak-di-SHEEM LI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prohibitive clause ve-lo yeḥalləlû {וְלֹא יְחַלְּלוּ | wə-lō yeḥalləlû} ‘and not let them profane’ introduces the potential violation, focusing on the direct object et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ + shem kadshi {שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי | šēm qāḏōšî} ‘my holy name’.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m
“name, reputation, identity”
In context — Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them keep themselves apart from the holy things of the sons of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name, which they sanctify to Me. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 22:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם (etshem) 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.22.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.2.W9.S1) and character.