Numbers 15:25:8Num.15.25.W8TAB
כִּֽי־שְׁגָגָ֣ה
kishegagah
“because it was a mistake”
- Transliteration
- ki-she-ga-GAH
- Extended
- kee-sheh-gah-GAH
- IPA
- /ki.ʃəɡaˈɡaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because it was a mistake
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
ki-she-ga-GAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-she-ga-GAH hu
- clause
ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM
Exegesis
A causal clause ki-shegagah hi {כִּֽי־שְׁגָגָ֣ה הִ֔וא | kî-še-gā-gāh hîʾ} ‘for it was an unintentional error’ links the nature of the offense to the ritual.
Root and etymology
š-g-gshin-gimel-gimel
“to err unintentionally”
In context — Numbers 15:25
And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven to them, for it was an unintentional error , and they have presented their offerings—a fire offering to the LORD —and their sin offering before the LORD for their error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:25, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שְׁגָגָ֣ה (kishegagah) 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.15.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.25.W8.S1) and character.