Leviticus 22:5:4Lev.22.5.W4TAB
בְּכָל־שֶׁ֖רֶץ
bekholshehrets
“any creeping thing”
- Transliteration
- be-khol-SHEH-rets
- Extended
- beh-khohl-SHEH-rets
- IPA
- /bə.xoːl.ˈʃɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- any creeping thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-khol-SHEH-rets
- clause
O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO
- sentence
O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO
Exegesis
The first scenario pairs the noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ with the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, governing the Qal imperfect verb yigga {יִגַּע | yig-gaʿ} ‘he touches’ and the prepositional construct be-khol-sherets {בְּכָל־שֶׁרֶץ | bə-ḵol-še-reṣ} ‘any crawling creature’.
Root and etymology
shin-resh-tsadeshin-resh-tsade
“to swarm”
In context — Leviticus 22:5
Or a man who touches any crawling creature that imparts uncleanness to him, or one who comes into contact with a person who becomes unclean through any of his uncleanness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:5, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־שֶׁ֖רֶץ (bekholshehrets) 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.22.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.5.W4.S1) and character.