Leviticus 7:2:3Lev.7.2.W3TAB
יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙
yishkhatu
“slaughter”
- Transliteration
- yish-kha-TU
- Extended
- yish-kha-TOO
- IPA
- /jiʃ.ħa.ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yish-kha-TU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yish-kha-TU
- clause
bim-KOM a-SHER yish-kha-TU et-ha-o-LAH yish-kha-TU et-ha-a-SHAM
- sentence
bim-KOM a-SHER yish-kha-TU et-ha-o-LAH yish-kha-TU et-ha-a-SHAM ve-et-da-MO yiz-ROK al-ham-miz-BE-akh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The verb yishchatu {יִשְׁחֲטוּ | yiš-ḥa-ṭû} repeats to create parallelism between the burnt offering ha-ʿō-lāh {הָעֹלָה | hā-ʿō-lāh} ‘burnt offering’ and the guilt offering hā-ʼā-šām {הָאָשָׁם | hā-ʼā-šām} ‘guilt offering’, each marked by the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’.
In context — Leviticus 7:2
In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering , they shall slaughter the guilt offering, and its blood he shall throw against the altar all around.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 7:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 7:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙ (yishkhatu) 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.7.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.7.2.W3.S1) and character.