Exodus 13:12:4Exod.13.12.W4TAB
וְכָל־פֶּ֣טֶר
vekholpeter
“and every firstborn”
- Transliteration
- ve-khol-PE-ter
- Extended
- veh-khohl-PEH-tehr
- IPA
- /və.xɔl.ˈpɛ.tɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every firstborn
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khol-PE-ter
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA
- clause
ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-a-var-TA khol-pe-ter-RE-khem la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct kol-peter-rechem {כָל־פֶּטֶר־רֶחֶם | kôl-pə-tēr-re-ḥēm} ‘all firstborn of the womb’ specifies human primogeniture, paralleled by ve-kol-peter-sheger-behemah {וְכָל־פֶּטֶר־שֶׁגֶר־בְּהֵמָה | və-kôl-pə-tēr-še-ger-bə-hê-māh} ‘and all the firstborn of the beast’ defining animal primogeniture.
Root and etymology
p-t-rpeh–taw–resh
“open”
In context — Exodus 13:12
Then you shall set apart every firstborn to the LORD ; and every firstborn male of the livestock that you have shall be the LORD’s.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:12, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־פֶּ֣טֶר (vekholpeter) 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 Exod.13.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.12.W4.S1) and character.