Leviticus 23:28:4Lev.23.28.W4TAB
בְּעֶ֖צֶם
beetsem
“right at”
- Transliteration
- be-E-TSEM
- Extended
- beh-EH-TSEM
- IPA
- /bəˈʕɛt.sɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- right at
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-E-TSEM
- clause
ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- 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 emphatic construct be’etsem hayom hazeh {בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה | bə-’e-ṭsem ha-yōm ha-zé} ‘on the very essence of this day’ intensifies the temporal setting.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-tsade-mem
“essence”
In context — Leviticus 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 23:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word בְּעֶ֖צֶם (beetsem) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W4.S1) and character.