Leviticus 18:21:6Lev.18.21.W6PAT
תְחַלֵּ֛ל
tekhalel
“profane”
- Transliteration
- te-kha-LEL
- Extended
- teh-khah-LEHL
- IPA
- /tə.ħalˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- profane
- French
- profaner
- Spanish
- profanar
- Portuguese
- profanar
- German
- entheiligen
- Russian
- осквернить
- Arabic-Simplified
- تدنيس
- Hindi
- अपवित्र करना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亵渎
- Korean
- 더럽히다
- Indonesian
- menajiskan
- Bengali
- অপবিত্র করা
- Tagalog
- lapastanganin
- Swahili
- kunajisi
- Amharic
- ማርከስ
- Yoruba
- sọ di aláìmọ́
- Igbo
- mebie
- Twi
- gu ho fi
- Ewe
- mebi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-kha-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO te-kha-LEL
- clause
ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
oo-mih-zahr-ah-KHA loh-ti-TEN leh-ha-a-VIR la-MO-lekh ve-LO te-kha-LEL et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
In context — Leviticus 18:21
and from your offspring not give to pass to Molech and not profane the name of your God I LORD
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 18:21, so the Hebrew word תְחַלֵּ֛ל (tekhalel) 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.18.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.21.W6.S1) and character.