Deuteronomy 16:14:8Deut.16.14.W8TAB
וְהַלֵּוִ֗י
vehalevi
“and the Levite”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-LE-vi
- Extended
- veh-hah-LEH-vee
- IPA
- /vəhaleˈvi/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Levite
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-LE-vi
- clause
a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–vav–yod
“joined, attached”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner , the orphan, and the widow who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 16:14, so the Hebrew word וְהַלֵּוִ֗י (vehalevi) 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.16.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W8.S1) and character.