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
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem
- 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
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.