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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ra-TSON
- phraseyour reading level
ki-LO le-ra-TSON
- clause
ki-LO le-ra-TSON yih-YEH la-KHEM
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.