Leviticus 23:10:15Lev.23.10.W15TAB
אֶת־עֹ֛מֶר
etohmer
“the sheaf”
- Transliteration
- et-OH-mer
- Extended
- eht-OH-mehr
- IPA
- /ʔet.ˈʕoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sheaf
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-OH-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer
- clause
va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM el-ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EHL ve-a-mar-TAA ah-le-HEM ki-ta-VO-oo el-ha-A-rets a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM oo-ke-tsar-TEHM et-ke-tseer-RAH va-ha-VEH-tem et-OH-mer reh-SHEET ke-tseer-KHEM el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The directive continues with va-haveetem {וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם | vaʾhăvēttem} ‘and you bring’, marking et-omer {אֶת־עֹ֛מֶר | ʾet-ōmer} ‘sheaf’ followed by the construct reshit ketsirkhem {רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם | rêšît qᵉṣîrkem} ‘firstfruits of your harvest’, emphasizing precedence.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Mem–Resh
“sheaf; bundle”
In context — Leviticus 23:10
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “When you enter the land which I am giving to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:10:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 23:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֹ֛מֶר (etohmer) 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.23.10.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.10.W15.S1) and character.