Leviticus 23:17:10Lev.23.17.W10TAB
חָמֵ֖ץ
khamets
“leavened”
- Transliteration
- kha-METS
- Extended
- kha-MEHTS
- IPA
- /ħaˈmeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- leavened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-METS
- clause
mih-mosh-vo-TEE-khem ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA she-TAI-yim SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM SO-let tih-YEE-NAH kha-METS teh-a-FEH-nah
- sentence
mih-mosh-vo-TEE-khem ta-vi-U LE-khem te-noo-FA she-TAI-yim SHNEH ehs-ro-NEEM SO-let tih-YEE-NAH kha-METS teh-a-FEH-nah bih-KOO-REEM la-ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-ṣchet–mem–tsade
“to leaven; become sour”
In context — Leviticus 23:17
From your dwellings you shall bring two loaves of fine flour as a wave offering of two tenths; they shall be leavened and baked as firstfruits to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 23:17, so the Hebrew word חָמֵ֖ץ (khamets) 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.23.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.17.W10.S1) and character.