Leviticus 23:30:5Lev.23.30.W5TAB
בְּעֶ֖צֶם
beehtsem
“very”
- Transliteration
- be-EH-tsem
- Extended
- beh-EH-tsem
- IPA
- /bəˈʕɛt͡sɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- very
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-EH-tsem
- clause
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH veh-ha-a-vad-TI et-ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mih-KEH-rev ahm-MAHH
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase bĕ-ʿe-t͟sem ha-yôm ha-zêh {בְּעֶצֶם הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּה | bə-ʿe-t͟sem ha-yôm ha-zêh} ‘on this very day’ highlights the temporal restriction.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-tsade-mem
“essence”
In context — Leviticus 23:30
And every soul who does any work on this very day, I will destroy that soul from the midst of his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:30, so the Hebrew word בְּעֶ֖צֶם (beehtsem) 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.23.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.30.W5.S1) and character.