Leviticus 23:5:8Lev.23.5.W8TAB
פֶּ֖סַח
pesakh
“Passover”
- Transliteration
- PE-sakh
- Extended
- PEH-sakh
- IPA
- /ˈpesax/
Meaning by language
- English
- Passover
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-sakh
- clause
PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON be-ar-ba-AH a-SAR la-KHO-desh BEIN ha-ar-ba-YIM PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
p-s-ḥpeh-samekh-chet
“to pass over”
In context — Leviticus 23:5
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, is the Passover to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 23:5, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֖סַח (pesakh) 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.23.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.5.W8.S1) and character.