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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תִּג + גַּ + עבּ֔וֹ
tig + ga + bo
tiggabo

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    tig-ga-BO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER tig-ga-BO

  3. clause

    NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev

  4. 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 contextLeviticus 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.