Exodus 39:2:6Exod.39.2.W6TAB
וְתוֹלַ֥עַת
vetolaat
“and scarlet material”
- Transliteration
- ve-to-LA-at
- Extended
- veh-toh-LAH-aht
- IPA
- /wə.toːˈla.ʕaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and scarlet material
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-to-LA-at
- phraseyour reading level
ve-to-LA-at sha-NI
- clause
za-HAV te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NI ve-SHESH mash-ZAR
- sentence
va-YA-as et-ha-e-FOD za-HAV te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NI ve-SHESH mash-ZAR
Exegesis
A series of material nouns—zahāḇ {זָהָב | zahāḇ} ‘gold’, təḵēleṯ {תְּכֵלֶת | təḵēleṯ} ‘blue dye’, wəʾargamān {וְאַרְגָּמָן | wəʾargamān} ‘purple’, wəto·lāʿaṯ šānī {וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי | wəto·lāʿaṯ šānī} ‘scarlet yarn’—is linked by the conjunction wə-.
Root and etymology
Roottav–lamed–ayin
“worm”
In context — Exodus 39:2
And he made the ephod of gold, blue dye, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine linen , twisted.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 39:2, so the Hebrew word וְתוֹלַ֥עַת (vetolaat) 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.39.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.2.W6.S1) and character.