Leviticus 22:28:6Lev.22.28.W6TAB
תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ
tishkhatu
“slaughter”
- Transliteration
- tish-kha-TU
- Extended
- tish-kha-TOO
- IPA
- /θiʃ.ħaˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-kha-TU
- phraseyour reading level
LO tish-kha-TU
- clause
o-TO ve-ET-be-NO LO tish-kha-TU be-YOM e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-SHOR o-SEH o-TO ve-ET-be-NO LO tish-kha-TU be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The verb tishchatu {תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ | tiš-ḥa-ṯû}, a qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural, functions as a clear prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 22:28
And an ox or a sheep—you shall not slaughter it and its young on the same day .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 22:28, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ (tishkhatu) 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.22.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.28.W6.S1) and character.