Numbers 15:28:6Num.15.28.W6TAB
בִשְׁגָגָ֖ה
bishgagah
“unintentionally”
- Transliteration
- bish-ga-GAH
- Extended
- bish-gah-GAH
- IPA
- /biʃɡaˈɡaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unintentionally
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
be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH
- clause
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO
Exegesis
The paired adjuncts bekhetah bishgagah {בְּחֶטְאָה בִשְׁגָגָה | bə-ḥeṭ-’āh bi-šə-ḡā-ḡāh} denote manner, underscoring both the sinful act and its inadvertent nature.
Root and etymology
ש־ג־ג
“err, stray”
In context — Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally, by sinning in error before the LORD , to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:28, so the Hebrew word בִשְׁגָגָ֖ה (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.15.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.28.W6.S1) and character.