Leviticus 23:12:4Lev.23.12.W4TAB
אֵת־הָעֹ֑מֶר
ethaomer
“the sheaf”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-O-mer
- Extended
- eet-hah-OH-mehr
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haˈʕomɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sheaf
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-ha-O-mer
- 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 accusative particle et-haomer {אֶת־הָעֹ֑מֶר | ʾet-hā-ʿōmer} marks the sheaf as the object.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem–resh
“sheaf, bundle”
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 23:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:12, so the Hebrew word אֵת־הָעֹ֑מֶר (ethaomer) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.12.W4.S1) and character.