Leviticus 24:2:6Lev.24.2.W6TAB
שֶׁ֣מֶן
shemen
“oil”
- Transliteration
- SHE-men
- Extended
- SHEH-men
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-men
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEE yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU eh-LE-kha SHE-men ZA-yit ZAKH ka-TIT la-ma-OR le-ha-a-LOT NER ta-MEED
Exegesis
The construct chain shemen zayit zakh katit {שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית | še-men za-yīt zākh kā-tît} sequences noun and modifiers to specify oil, olive, purity, and method.
In context — Leviticus 24:2
Command the sons of Israel to bring you pure olive oil that has been beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:2, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֣מֶן (shemen) 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.24.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.2.W6.S1) and character.