Leviticus 23:39:5Lev.23.39.W5TAB
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ
lakhodesh
“month of”
- Transliteration
- la-KHO-desh
- Extended
- lah-KHOH-desh
- IPA
- /laˈxoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- month of
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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
la-KHO-desh hash-vee-EE
- clause
AKH ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh hash-vee-EE be-AS-pe-KHEM et-te-voo-AT ha-A-rets ta-kho-GU et-KHAG-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- sentence
AKH ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh hash-vee-EE be-AS-pe-KHEM et-te-voo-AT ha-A-rets ta-kho-GU et-KHAG-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MEEM bay-YOM ha-ri-SHON sha-ba-TON oo-bay-YOM hash-mi-NEE sha-ba-TON
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bachamishah asar yom lachodesh hashevi‘i {בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי | baḥamiššāh ʿāsār yôm laḥōḏēš haššĕḇīʿî} ‘on the fifteenth day of the seventh month’ establishes the sacred calendar context.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-shhet-dalet-shin
“new month”
In context — Leviticus 23:39
But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the festival of the LORD for seven days; on the first day shall be a complete rest, and on the eighth day shall be a complete rest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:39, so the Hebrew word לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (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.23.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.39.W5.S1) and character.