Leviticus 21:4:5Lev.21.4.W5PAT
לְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ׃
lehekhalloh
“to profane”
- Transliteration
- le-HE-khal-loh
- Extended
- leh-HEH-khahl-loh
- IPA
- /ləˈhe.xal.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to profane
- French
- profaner
- Spanish
- profanar
- Portuguese
- profanar
- German
- entweihen
- Russian
- осквернить
- Arabic-Simplified
- يدنس
- Hindi
- अपवित्र करना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亵渎
- Korean
- 더럽히다
- Indonesian
- menajiskan
- Bengali
- অপবিত্র করা
- Tagalog
- lapastanganin
- Swahili
- kunajisi
- Amharic
- ማርከስ
- Yoruba
- sọ di àìmọ́
- Igbo
- imebi nsọ
- Twi
- gu ho fi
- Ewe
- fɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + הֵ֖ + חַל + לּֽוֹ׃
↓
le + he + khal + loh
↓
lehekhalloh
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-HE-khal-loh
- sentence
LO yi-tam-MAA BA-al be-am-MAW le-HE-khal-loh
In context — Leviticus 21:4
husband not become unclean among his people to profane
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 21:4, so the Hebrew word לְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ׃ (lehekhalloh) 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.21.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.4.W5.S1) and character.