Leviticus 23:24:8Lev.23.24.W8TAB
לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ
lakhodesh
“of the month”
- Transliteration
- la-KHO-desh
- Extended
- lah-KHOH-desh
- IPA
- /laˈxoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the month
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh
- clause
ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL leh-MOR ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh
Exegesis
The speech formula leʾemor {לֵאמֹ֑ר | leʾemor} ‘saying’ introduces the temporal clause baḥōdeš haššəviʿī bəʼeḥād laḥōdeš {בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ | baḥōdeš haššəviʿī bəʼeḥād laḥōdeš} ‘in the seventh month, on the first of the month’, which uses an ordinal–cardinal sequence in a construct chain to underscore calendrical precision.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-shhet-dalet-shin
“new month”
In context — Leviticus 23:24
Speak to the sons of Israel and say: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be for you a sabbath observance, a memorial of trumpet blast, and a holy convocation .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 23:24, so the Hebrew word לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ (lakhodesh) 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.23.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.24.W8.S1) and character.