Leviticus 24:16:9Lev.24.16.W9TAB
כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח
kahehzrakh
“as the native”
- Transliteration
- kah-ehz-RAKH
- Extended
- kah-ehz-RAAKH
- IPA
- /ka.ʔɛzˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the native
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kah-ehz-RAKH
- clause
kah-GER kah-ehz-RAKH beh-nahk-vo-SHEM yu-MAT
- sentence
veh-no-KEV shem-ye-ho-VAH MOT yu-MAT ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO kol-ha-e-DAH kah-GER kah-ehz-RAKH beh-nahk-vo-SHEM yu-MAT
Exegesis
The merism ka-gēr kə-ʾezrāḥ {כַּגֵּר כָּאֶזְרָ֔ח | ka-gēr kə-ʾe-zrā-ĥ} ‘as the foreigner, as the native-born’ universalizes the law.
Root and etymology
Rootz-r-ch
“to shine”
In context — Leviticus 24:16
And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the entire congregation shall stone him. As with the foreigner, so with the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 24:16, so the Hebrew word כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח (kahehzrakh) 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.24.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.16.W9.S1) and character.