Numbers 15:24:6Num.15.24.W6TAB

לִשְׁגָגָה֒

lishgaga

“by mistake”

Transliteration: lish-ga-GA
Extended: leesh-ga-GAA
IPA: /liʃgaˈgaː/

Meaning by language

English: by mistake

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לִשְׁ + גָ + גָה֒

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lish + ga + ga

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lishgaga

Alphabet Analysis

	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
	Gimel	g as in good
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Gimel	g as in good
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
lish-ga-GA
phraseyour reading level
ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA
clause
ve-ha-YA IM me-ey-NEI ha-e-DA ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA ve-a-SU kol-ha-e-DA PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD le-o-LA le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TO ve-nis-KO ka-mish-PAT
sentence
ve-ha-YA IM me-ey-NEI ha-e-DA ne-es-TA lish-ga-GA ve-a-SU kol-ha-e-DA PAR ben-ba-KAR e-KHAD le-o-LA le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH u-min-kha-TO ve-nis-KO ka-mish-PAT u-se-IR-iz-ZIM e-KHAD le-khat-TAT

Root and etymology

ש־ג־גsh-g-g

“error, inadvertent mistake”

In context — Numbers 15:24

And it shall be, if it has been done unintentionally from the eyes of the congregation, then all the congregation shall present one bull, a son of the herd, for a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD , with its grain offering and its drink offering according to the ordinance , and one male goat for a sin offering.

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:24, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁגָגָה֒ (lishgaga) 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 Num.15.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.24.W6.S1) and character.

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