Leviticus 20:25:8Lev.20.25.W8PAT

וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ

veloteshaktsu

and not defile

Transliteration
ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU
Extended
veh-LOH-tesh-ak-TZOO
IPA
/vəloː.təʃakˈtsuː/

Meaning by language

English
and not defile
French
et ne souiller pas
Spanish
y no contaminar
Portuguese
e não contaminar
German
und nicht verunreinigen
Russian
и не осквернять
Arabic-Simplified
ولا تدنّسوا
Hindi
और अशुद्ध न करना
Chinese-Simplified
不要玷污
Korean
그리고 더럽히지 말라
Indonesian
dan jangan menajiskan
Bengali
এবং অশুচি করো না
Tagalog
at huwag dungisan
Swahili
na msitie najisi
Amharic
እና አታረክሱ
Yoruba
kí ẹ má ba
Igbo
e mekwala
Twi
na monnnya fĩ
Ewe
miɖeɖe menɔ

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Result
וְ + לֹֽא + תְ + שַׁקְּ + צ֨וּ
ve + lo + tesh + ak + tsu
veloteshaktsu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem

  3. clause

    ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-HE-MA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME

  4. sentence

    ve-hiv-dal-TEM BEIN-ha-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA lat-te-me-AH u-BEIN-ha-OF hat-ta-ME lat-ta-HOR ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-HE-MA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME

In contextLeviticus 20:25

separate between the beast the clean the unclean and between the bird the unclean to the clean and not defile your souls by the beast and by the bird and by everything that crawls the ground set apart for you to defile

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 20:25, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ (veloteshaktsu) 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.20.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.25.W8.S1) and character.