Leviticus 27:21:8Lev.27.21.W8TAB
הַחֵ֑רֶם
haherem
“the devoted thing”
- Transliteration
- ha-HE-rem
- Extended
- hah-HEH-rem
- IPA
- /ha.ˈħeː.rɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the devoted thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-HE-rem
- phraseyour reading level
kis-DEH ha-HE-rem
- clause
veh-hah-YAA ha-sa-DEH beh-tseh-TO ba-yoh-VEL KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH kis-DEH ha-HE-rem
- sentence
veh-hah-YAA ha-sa-DEH beh-tseh-TO ba-yoh-VEL KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH kis-DEH ha-HE-rem la-ko-HEN tih-YEH a-khoo-zah-TO
Exegesis
The comparative clause kisde hacherem {כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם | ki-śə-ḏê ha-ḥê-rem} ‘like the ban/dedicated thing’ provides an analogy to cherem.
Root and etymology
Rooth-r-m
“ban, devote to destruction”
In context — Leviticus 27:21
And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, like a field wholly dedicated; it shall belong to the priest as his possession.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 27:21, so the Hebrew word הַחֵ֑רֶם (haherem) 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.27.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.21.W8.S1) and character.