Leviticus 25:15:5Lev.25.15.W5TAB
תִּקְנֶ֖ה
tikneh
“buy”
- Transliteration
- tik-NEH
- Extended
- tik-NEH
- IPA
- /tiqˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- buy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tik-NEH
- clause
be-mis-PAR sha-NEEM a-KHAR ha-yoh-VEL tik-NEH me-ET a-mee-TE-kha
- sentence
be-mis-PAR sha-NEEM a-KHAR ha-yoh-VEL tik-NEH me-ET a-mee-TE-kha be-mis-PAR shnei-te-vu-OT yim-KAR-lakh
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect tikneh {תִּקְנֶ֖ה | tiq-neh} ‘you shall buy’ issues a direct command, and the object phrase meʾet amitekha {מֵאֵ֣ת עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ | mē-ʾêṯ ʿǎ-mî-the-kha} ‘from your fellow’ uses a construct with pronominal suffix to denote the covenant-community member.
Root and etymology
Rootq-n-h
“to acquire”
In context — Leviticus 25:15
By the number of years after the Jubilee , you shall purchase from your fellow ; according to the number of years of harvests, it shall be sold to you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 25:15, so the Hebrew word תִּקְנֶ֖ה (tikneh) 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.25.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.15.W5.S1) and character.