Leviticus 23:28:3Lev.23.28.W3TAB

תַעֲשׂ֔וּ

taasoo

do

Transliteration
ta-a-SOO
Extended
tah-ah-SOO
IPA
/ta.ʕaˈsuː/

Meaning by language

English
do

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Result
תַ + עֲ + שׂ֔וּ
ta + a + soo
taasoo

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ta-a-SOO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO ta-a-SOO

  3. clause

    ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prohibition lo taʿăsū {לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | lōʾ taʿă-sū} ‘you shall not do’, with the noun phrase kol melakhah {כָּל־מְלָאכָה֙ | kol mə-lā-ḵā-hā} ‘all work’ as its object.

In contextLeviticus 23:28

And you shall not do any work on the very day , because it is the Day of Atonements, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word תַעֲשׂ֔וּ (taasoo) 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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W3.S1) and character.