Leviticus 22:20:7Lev.22.20.W7TAB

לְרָצ֖וֹן

leratson

for acceptance

Transliteration
le-ra-TSON
Extended
leh-rah-TSON
IPA
/ləraˈtsoːn/

Meaning by language

English
for acceptance

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Result
לְ + רָ + צ֖וֹן
le + ra + tson
leratson

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ra-TSON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-LO le-ra-TSON

  3. clause

    ki-LO le-ra-TSON yih-YEH la-KHEM

  4. sentence

    KOL a-sher-BO MUM LO tak-REE-vu ki-LO le-ra-TSON yih-YEH la-KHEM

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces a result clause marked by the negative lo {לֹא | lô} ‘not’ combined with the infinitival noun leratson {לְרָצוֹן | lĕ-rā-ṣôn} ‘for acceptance’ and the imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yiḥ-yêh} ‘it will be,’ indicating a future outcome.

Root and etymology

r-ṣ-hresh-tsadi-heh

favor, acceptance

In contextLeviticus 22:20

Any animal that has a defect you shall not offer, because it will not be accepted for you.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 22:20, so the Hebrew word לְרָצ֖וֹן (leratson) 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.22.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.20.W7.S1) and character.