Leviticus 22:4:20Lev.22.4.W20TAB

מִמֶּ֖נּוּ

mimenu

from him

Transliteration
mi-me-NU
Extended
mih-meh-NOO
IPA
/mimˈmɛnuː/

Meaning by language

English
from him

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Result
מִ + מֶּ֖ + נּוּ
mi + me + nu
mimenu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-me-NU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU

  3. clause

    veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA

  4. sentence

    ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA

Exegesis

The participial clause vehan-nogea be-khol-tamei-nefesh {וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכָל־טְמֵא־נֶ֔פֶשׁ | wə-han-nō-gē-ʿa bə-ḵol-tə-mē-ne-peš} specifies corpse impurity, and the relative clause asher-tetse mimennu shikhvat-zara {אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע | ʾă-šer-tê-ṣēʾ mim-me-nû šiḵ-bat-zā-raʿ} denotes semen emission, both extending the prohibition.

In contextLeviticus 22:4

Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (mimenu) 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.22.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W20.S1) and character.