Exodus 23:18:5Exod.23.18.W5TAB
חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּ֖י
khelevkhagi
“the fat of my feast”
- Transliteration
- khe-lev-kha-GI
- Extended
- kheh-lev-kha-GEE
- IPA
- /ħeː.lɛv.ħa.ˈgiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fat of my feast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
khe-lev-kha-GI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ya-LIN khe-lev-kha-GI
- clause
ve-lo-ya-LIN khe-lev-kha-GI ad-BO-ker
- sentence
lo-tiz-BAKH al-kha-METS dam-ziv-KHI ve-lo-ya-LIN khe-lev-kha-GI ad-BO-ker
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this pattern in ḥē-lev-ḥaggî {חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּי | ḥē-lev-ḥag-gî} ‘fat of my festival’, governed by ʿad-bō-qer {עַד־בֹּקֶר | ʿad-bō-qer} ‘until morning’, setting a temporal limit. The imperfect form issues prescriptive commands, and the parallel syntax underscores ritual purity and immediacy in festival offerings.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-bhet–lamed–bet
“fat, richness”
In context — Exodus 23:18
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened , and the fat of My festival shall not remain until morning.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 23:18, so the Hebrew word חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּ֖י (khelevkhagi) 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.23.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.18.W5.S1) and character.