Leviticus 25:6:9Lev.25.6.W9TAB
וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙
veliskheerkha
“and for your hired worker”
- Transliteration
- ve-li-SKHEER-kha
- Extended
- veh-lih-SKEER-khah
- IPA
- /vɛliˈxiːrxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for your hired worker
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-li-SKHEER-kha
- clause
ve-li-SKHEER-kha u-le-to-SHAV-kha ha-ga-REEM im-MAKH
- sentence
ve-hah-ye-TAH sha-BAT ha-A-rets la-KHEM le-akh-LAH le-KHA u-le-av-DE-kha ve-la-a-ma-TE-kha ve-li-SKHEER-kha u-le-to-SHAV-kha ha-ga-REEM im-MAKH
Root and etymology
s-kh-rshin-kaph-resh
“hire”
In context — Leviticus 25:6
And the sabbath of the land shall be for you all—for food, for yourself, for your male servant, for your female servant, for your hired worker, and for your resident—and for the sojourners who live with you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 25:6, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ (veliskheerkha) 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.25.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.6.W9.S1) and character.