Leviticus 22:2:8Lev.22.2.W8PAT

יְחַלְּל֖וּ

yekhallelu

profane

Transliteration
ye-khal-le-LU
Extended
yeh-khal-leh-LOO
IPA
/jəħalːəˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
profane
French
profaner
Spanish
profanar
Portuguese
profanar
German
entweihen
Russian
осквернять
Arabic-Simplified
يدنس
Hindi
अपवित्र करना
Chinese-Simplified
亵渎
Korean
더럽히다
Indonesian
menajiskan
Bengali
অপবিত্র করা
Tagalog
lapastanganin
Swahili
najisi
Amharic
አርክስ
Yoruba
sọ di ẹlẹgbin
Igbo
mebie
Twi
gu fi so
Ewe

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Result
יְ + חַל + לְּ + ל֖וּ
ye + khal + le + lu
yekhallelu

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-khal-le-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU

  3. clause

    da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-nee-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI

  4. sentence

    da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-nee-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI a-SHER HEM mak-di-SHEEM LI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH

In contextLeviticus 22:2

speak to Aaron and to his sons abstain from the holy things of the sons of Israel and not profane name my holiness which they consecrate to me I LORD

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:2, so the Hebrew word יְחַלְּל֖וּ (yekhallelu) 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.22.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.2.W8.S1) and character.