Numbers 15:27:4Num.15.27.W4TAB
בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה
bishgagah
“by mistake”
- Transliteration
- bish-ga-GAH
- Extended
- bish-gah-GAH
- IPA
- /biʃɡaˈɡaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by mistake
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
bish-ga-GAH
- phraseyour reading level
te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH
- clause
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH
- sentence
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
Exegesis
The verb techeta {תֶּחֱטָא | te-ḥé-ṭāʾ} ‘sins’ precedes the manner phrase bishgagah {בִּשְׁגָגָה | biš-gā-gāh} ‘unintentionally’.
Root and etymology
š-g-gshin-gimel-gimel
“to err unintentionally”
In context — Numbers 15:27
And if a soul sins unintentionally, then that person shall bring near a female goat a year old for a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:27, so the Hebrew word בִשְׁגָגָ֑ה (bishgagah) 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.15.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.27.W4.S1) and character.