Leviticus 25:39:4Lev.25.39.W4TAB
וְנִמְכַּר־לָ֑ךְ
vehnimkarlakh
“and is sold to you”
- Transliteration
- veh-nim-KAR-lakh
- Extended
- veh-nim-KAAR-lakh
- IPA
- /wənimˈkaːr.lax/
Meaning by language
- English
- and is sold to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-nim-KAR-lakh
- clause
veh-khee-yah-MUKH a-KHI-kha im-MAKH veh-nim-KAR-lakh
- sentence
veh-khee-yah-MUKH a-KHI-kha im-MAKH veh-nim-KAR-lakh loh-tah-ah-VOD BO ah-vo-DAT AA-ved
Exegesis
The Niphal vav-consecutive v̄e-nim-kar-lā-kh {וְנִמְכַּר־לָ֑ךְ | wə-nim-kar-lā-kh} frames the sale as the apodosis event.
Root and etymology
מ־כ־ר
“to sell”
In context — Leviticus 25:39
And if your brother becomes poor while with you and sells himself to you, you must not make him serve as a slave.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 25:39, so the Hebrew word וְנִמְכַּר־לָ֑ךְ (vehnimkarlakh) 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.25.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.39.W4.S1) and character.