Deuteronomy 14:18:5Deut.14.18.W5TAB
וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃
vehaatalef
“and the bat”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-ta-LEF
- Extended
- veh-hah-ah-tahl-LEF
- IPA
- /vəhaʕătalˈleːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the bat
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-a-ta-LEF
- clause
ve-ha-du-ki-FAT ve-ha-a-ta-LEF
- sentence
ve-ha-kha-si-DAH ve-ha-a-na-FAH le-mi-NAH ve-ha-du-ki-FAT ve-ha-a-ta-LEF
Exegesis
The verse uses a paratactic series of clitic conjunctions vav {וְ | wə} to link noun phrases: veha'chasidah {וְהַ֣חֲסִידָ֔ה | wə-ḥă-ṣî-ḏāh} ‘and the stork’, veha'anafah {וְהָאֲנָפָ֖ה | wə-ʾă-nā-p̄āh} ‘and the heron’, vehadukhifat {וְהַדּוּכִיפַ֖ת | wə-had-dū-ḵî-p̄aṯ} ‘and the hoopoe’, and veha'atallēph {וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽף | wə-ʿă-ṭal-lēp̄} ‘and the bat’.
Root and etymology
ט־ל־ף
“flutterer”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:18
And the stork , and the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 14:18, so the Hebrew word וְהָעֲטַלֵּֽף׃ (vehaatalef) 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 Deut.14.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.18.W5.S1) and character.