Leviticus 22:6:3Lev.22.6.W3TAB
תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ
tiggabo
“touches it”
- Transliteration
- tig-ga-BO
- Extended
- tihg-gah-BOH
- IPA
- /tɪg.gaʕ.ˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- touches it
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
tig-ga-BO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tig-ga-BO
- clause
NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
Exegesis
The verb tiggabo {תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ | ṯi·ggaʿ·bô} ‘touches it’ uses the Qal imperfect to assign action.
In context — Leviticus 22:6
Any person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the holy things unless he has washed his flesh in water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 22:6, so the Hebrew word תִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ (tiggabo) 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.22.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.6.W3.S1) and character.