Leviticus 19:12:1Lev.19.12.W1PAT
וְלֹֽא־תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ
velotishaveoo
“not swear”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ti-SHA-ve-OO
- Extended
- veh-LOH-ti-SHAH-veh-OO
- IPA
- /wəloː.tiʃ.ʃa.vəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not swear
- French
- ne pas jurer
- Spanish
- no jurar
- Portuguese
- não jurar
- German
- nicht schwören
- Russian
- не клясться
- Arabic-Simplified
- الامتناع عن الحلف
- Hindi
- शपथ न खाना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不起誓
- Korean
- 맹세하지 않다
- Indonesian
- tidak bersumpah
- Bengali
- শপথ না করা
- Tagalog
- huwag sumumpa
- Swahili
- kutoapa
- Amharic
- መሐላ አትማል
- Yoruba
- má bura
- Igbo
- ịghara ịṅụ iyi
- Twi
- nnka ntam
- Ewe
- megblẽ ntam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ti-SHA-ve-OO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ti-SHA-ve-OO bish-MI
- clause
ve-LO-ti-SHA-ve-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker
- sentence
ve-LO-ti-SHA-ve-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker ve-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Leviticus 19:12
not swear falsely by my name profane the name your God I LORD
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ (velotishaveoo) 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.19.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.12.W1.S1) and character.