Leviticus 24:14:6Lev.24.14.W6TAB
כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִ֛ים
kholhashohmeheem
“all the hearers”
- Transliteration
- khol-ha-shoh-meh-EEM
- Extended
- khol-hah-shoh-meh-EEM
- IPA
- /xol ha.ʃo.məˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the hearers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khol-ha-shoh-meh-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sam-KHU khol-ha-shoh-meh-EEM
- clause
ho-TSE et-ha-me-ka-LEL el-mih-KHUTS lam-ma-kha-NEH ve-sam-KHU khol-ha-shoh-meh-EEM et-ye-DEY-hem al-ROH-SHOH
- sentence
ho-TSE et-ha-me-ka-LEL el-mih-KHUTS lam-ma-kha-NEH ve-sam-KHU khol-ha-shoh-meh-EEM et-ye-DEY-hem al-ROH-SHOH ve-rag-MU oh-TOH kol-ha-ey-DAH
Exegesis
The conjunction vav links vesamkhu {וְסָמְכוּ | wə-sāmkhû} ‘and they will lay’ and veragmu {וְרָגְמוּ | wə-rāgmû} ‘and they will stone’ as sequential community actions: first the hearers, hashōmə·ʿīm {הַשֹּׁמְעִים | hashōmə·ʿīm} ‘those who hear’, place yə·dē-hēm {יְדֵיהֶם | yə·dē-hēm} ‘their hands’ on rōšo {רֹאשׁוֹ | rōšo} ‘his head’, signifying transfer of guilt.
Root and etymology
š-m-‘shin-mem-ayin
“to hear”
In context — Leviticus 24:14
Bring the blasphemer outside the camp, and let all the hearers lay their hands on his head, and let all the assembly stone him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:14, so the Hebrew word כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִ֛ים (kholhashohmeheem) 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.24.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.14.W6.S1) and character.