Leviticus 25:34:5Lev.25.34.W5TAB
יִמָּכֵ֑ר
yimmakher
“be sold”
- Transliteration
- yim-ma-KHER
- Extended
- yim-ma-KHEHR
- IPA
- /jim.maˈxeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- be sold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yim-ma-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
LO yim-ma-KHER
- clause
oo-se-DEH mig-RASH a-re-HEM LO yim-ma-KHER
- sentence
oo-se-DEH mig-RASH a-re-HEM LO yim-ma-KHER kee-ah-khoo-ZAT o-LAM HU la-HEM
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} governs the Niphal imperfect yimmakher {יִמָּכֵר | yim·mā·kēr}, yielding the prohibition “shall not be sold.”
Root and etymology
m-k-rmem-kaph-resh
“to sell”
In context — Leviticus 25:34
But the field of the pastureland of their cities shall not be sold, for it is an everlasting possession to them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 25:34, so the Hebrew word יִמָּכֵ֑ר (yimmakher) 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.25.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.34.W5.S1) and character.