Leviticus 13:12:5Lev.13.12.W5TAB

וְכִסְּתָ֣ה

vehkhistaa

“covers”

Transliteration: veh-khis-TAA
Extended: veh-khis-TAA
IPA: /vəxisˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English: covers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + כִסְּ + תָ֣ה

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veh + khis + taa

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vehkhistaa

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
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
veh-khis-TAA
phraseyour reading level
veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at
clause
veh-IM-pa-ROH-akh tif-RAKH ha-tsa-RA-at bah-OR veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at ET KOL-OR ha-NE-ga me-ro-SHO veh-AD-rag-LAV
sentence
veh-IM-pa-ROH-akh tif-RAKH ha-tsa-RA-at bah-OR veh-khis-TAA ha-tsa-RA-at ET KOL-OR ha-NE-ga me-ro-SHO veh-AD-rag-LAV leh-KOL-mar-EH ee-NEE ha-ko-HEN

Exegesis

The vav consecutive Piel verb ve-kistah {וְכִסְּתָ֣ה | wə-ki-sāh} ‘and it covers’ marks complete enveloping.

In context — Leviticus 13:12

And if the skin disease spreads out in the skin and covers all the skin of the afflicted person from his head to his feet, as far as the appearance is seen by the eyes of the priest.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:12, so the Hebrew word וְכִסְּתָ֣ה (vehkhistaa) 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 Lev.13.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.12.W5.S1) and character.

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