Leviticus 13:33:1Lev.13.33.W1TAB
וְהִ֨תְגַּלָּ֔ח
vehhitgallakh
“shave”
- Transliteration
- veh-hit-gal-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-hit-gal-LAAKH
- IPA
- /wəhitɡalˈlaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shave
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hit-gal-LAKH
- clause
veh-hit-gal-LAKH veh-et-hah-NEH-tek LO ye-gal-LEH-akh
- sentence
veh-hit-gal-LAKH veh-et-hah-NEH-tek LO ye-gal-LEH-akh veh-his-GIR ha-ko-HEN et-hah-NEH-tek shiv-AT ya-MIM she-NEET
Exegesis
The clause begins with the Hitpaʿel perfect verb vehitgalach {וְהִתְגַּלָּ֔ח | wəhittəgallāḥ} ‘and he shall shave himself,’ employing a vav-consecutive sequence of commands.
In context — Leviticus 13:33
And he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the diseased area ; and the priest shall confine the diseased area for seven days a second time.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:33, so the Hebrew word וְהִ֨תְגַּלָּ֔ח (vehhitgallakh) 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.13.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.33.W1.S1) and character.