Leviticus 23:8:12Lev.23.8.W12TAB
תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃
taasu
“do”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-SU
- Extended
- tah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ta.ʕă.ˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
LO ta-a-SU
- clause
ba-YOM hash-vi-EE mik-RA-KOH-desh kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU
- sentence
veh-hik-rav-TEM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH shiv-AT ya-MIM ba-YOM hash-vi-EE mik-RA-KOH-desh kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU
Exegesis
The prohibition kol-melechet avodah lo ta‘asu {כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | kol-mĕ-lĕ-ḵeṯ ʿă-vô-ḏāh lōʼ ta-ʿaš-šû} ‘you shall do no work of service’ uses the negative particle lo to nullify any laborious activity, establishing comprehensive rest.
In context — Leviticus 23:8
And you shall present a fire offering to the LORD for seven days; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation ; you shall not do any work of service.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:8, so the Hebrew word תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (taasu) 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.23.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.8.W12.S1) and character.