Leviticus 23:27:3Lev.23.27.W3TAB
לַחֹדֶשׁ֩
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
beh-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh hah-sheh-VEE-ee ha-ZEH
- clause
AKH beh-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh hah-sheh-VEE-ee ha-ZEH YOM hah-ki-poo-REEM HU mik-RAH-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM veh-ee-NEE-tem et-naf-sho-TEI-khem
- sentence
AKH beh-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh hah-sheh-VEE-ee ha-ZEH YOM hah-ki-poo-REEM HU mik-RAH-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM veh-ee-NEE-tem et-naf-sho-TEI-khem veh-hik-rav-TEM ee-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with akh {אַךְ | ʾaḵ} signaling solemnity, followed by the temporal locative phrase beasor lakhodesh hashvii hazeh {בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה | bə-ʿā-sôr la-ḥō-deš ha-šᵊ-vi-ʿî ha-zé} ‘on the tenth day of this seventh month,’ precisely dating the festival.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-shhet-dalet-shin
“new month”
In context — Leviticus 23:27
Surely on the tenth day of this seventh month it is the Day of Atonements; a sacred assembly shall it be for you, and you shall afflict your souls , and you shall present a fire offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 23:27, so the Hebrew word לַחֹדֶשׁ֩ (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.23.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.27.W3.S1) and character.