Leviticus 21:5:7Lev.21.5.W7PAT

יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ

yegallekhu

shave off

Transliteration
ye-gal-LE-khu
Extended
yeh-gal-LEH-khoo
IPA
/jəɡalˈleːħuː/

Meaning by language

English
shave off
French
raser
Spanish
rapar
Portuguese
raspar
German
abrasieren
Russian
сбривать
Arabic-Simplified
يحلقون
Hindi
मूँडना
Chinese-Simplified
剃去
Korean
밀어내다
Indonesian
mencukur
Bengali
মুণ্ডন করা
Tagalog
ahitín
Swahili
kunyoa
Amharic
መላጨት
Yoruba
Igbo
ịkpụcha
Twi
firi
Ewe
tsɔ

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Result
יְ + גַל + לֵּ֑ + חוּ
ye + gal + le + khu
yegallekhu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-gal-LE-khu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO ye-gal-LE-khu

  3. clause

    lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu

  4. sentence

    lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu u-vi-vsa-RAM LO yis-re-TU sa-ra-TET

In contextLeviticus 21:5

not make bald bald patch on their heads and the edge of their beard not shave off and on their flesh not make cuts cut

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 21:5, so the Hebrew word יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ (yegallekhu) 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.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W7.S1) and character.