Hosea 13:3:4Hos.13.3.W4TAB
וְכַטַּ֖ל
vekhatal
“and like dew”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-TAL
- Extended
- veh-khah-TAL
- IPA
- /vəχatˈtˁal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like dew
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-TAL
- clause
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH ke-MOTS ye-so-ER mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN me-a-ru-BA
Root and etymology
ṭ-l
“dew”
In context — Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff driven from the threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 13:3, so the Hebrew word וְכַטַּ֖ל (vekhatal) 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 Hos.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.3.W4.S1) and character.