Exodus 20:25:11Exod.20.25.W11TAB
וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃
vatekhalleha
“and you profaned it”
- Transliteration
- va-te-khal-LE-ha
- Extended
- vah-teh-khal-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /vat.təħalˈleha/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you profaned it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-khal-LE-ha
- clause
KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
- sentence
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
Exegesis
The causal clause kī kharbekha henaphta aleiha {כִּ֧י חַרְבְּךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖יהָ | kî ḥar-bə-ḵā hē-nap̄-tā ʿā-lê-hā} ‘for when you have swung your sword upon it’ links metal tools to cultic purity, and the vav-consecutive Piel vatechalleha {וַתְּחַֽלְלֶהָ׃ | wat-tə-ḥal-lə-hā} ‘and you profane it’ states the resulting desecration. The syntax’s protasis–apodosis–cause–result structure underscores the altar’s sanctity and the categorical nature of the prohibition.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-lheth–lamed–lamed
“to profane, make common”
In context — Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me , you shall not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your tool against it, you will profane it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 20:25, so the Hebrew word וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃ (vatekhalleha) 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.20.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.25.W11.S1) and character.