Leviticus 22:24:1Lev.22.24.W1TAB
וּמָע֤וּךְ
umaukh
“bruised”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-UKH
- Extended
- oo-mah-UKH
- IPA
- /u.ma.ˈʕuːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- bruised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-UKH
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-UKH ve-kha-TUT
- clause
u-ma-UKH ve-kha-TUT ve-na-TUK ve-kha-RUT LO tak-REE-voo la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-ma-UKH ve-kha-TUT ve-na-TUK ve-kha-RUT LO tak-REE-voo la-ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ar-tshe-KHEM LO ta-a-SOO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the four asyndetically linked participles umaukh {וּמָע֤וּךְ | ū-mā-’ūḵ} ‘crushed’, vekatut {וְכָתוּת֙ | wə-kā-tūt} ‘shattered’, venatuk {וְנָת֣וּק | wə-nā-tûq} ‘torn off’, and vekarut {וְכָר֔וּת | wə-kā-rût} ‘cut off’, each marked by a prefixed waw to intensify the prohibition on bodily injury.
Root and etymology
RootMem Ayin Kaf
“to crush”
In context — Leviticus 22:24
You shall not offer to the LORD any that is crushed , shattered, torn, or cut off; and in your land you shall not do so.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:24, so the Hebrew word וּמָע֤וּךְ (umaukh) 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.22.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.24.W1.S1) and character.