Leviticus 23:12:1Lev.23.12.W1TAB
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם
vaaseetem
“offer”
- Transliteration
- va-a-see-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-see-TEM
- IPA
- /wa.ʕa.siˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- offer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-see-TEM
- clause
va-a-see-TEM be-YOM ha-neef-KHEM et-ha-O-mer
- sentence
va-a-see-TEM be-YOM ha-neef-KHEM et-ha-O-mer KE-ves tah-MIM ben-she-na-TO le-oh-LA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vaasitem {וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם | vaʿăśîṯem} ‘you shall do’, framing the ritual command.
In context — Leviticus 23:12
On the day of your waving the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish, a year old, for a burnt offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:12, so the Hebrew word וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם (vaaseetem) 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.23.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.12.W1.S1) and character.