Leviticus 24:11:4Lev.24.11.W4TAB
אֶת־הַשֵּׁם֙
ethashem
“the Name”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-SHEM
- Extended
- eht-hah-SHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-hah-ee-SHAH ha-yis-reh-eh-LEET et-ha-SHEM
- clause
va-yik-KOV ben-hah-ee-SHAH ha-yis-reh-eh-LEET et-ha-SHEM va-ye-ka-LEL va-ya-vi-U oh-TO el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yik-KOV ben-hah-ee-SHAH ha-yis-reh-eh-LEET et-ha-SHEM va-ye-ka-LEL va-ya-vi-U oh-TO el-mo-SHEH ve-SHEM im-MO she-lo-MEET bat-div-REE leh-mah-teh-DAN
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the definite direct object ha-shem {הַשֵּׁם֙ | haš-šēm} ‘the Name,’ a Hebrew idiom for the divine Name.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ם
“name, reputation”
In context — Leviticus 24:11
And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed, and they brought him to Moses . The name of his mother was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 24:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשֵּׁם֙ (ethashem) 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.24.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.11.W4.S1) and character.