Leviticus 14:12:3Lev.14.12.W3TAB
אֶת־הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ
ethakeves
“the male lamb”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-KE-ves
- Extended
- eht-hah-KEH-ves
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈkɛ.vɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the male lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-KE-ves
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD
- clause
veh-lah-KAKH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD veh-hik-REEV o-TO leh-ah-SHAM veh-et-LOG ha-SHA-men
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD veh-hik-REEV o-TO leh-ah-SHAM veh-et-LOG ha-SHA-men veh-he-NEEF o-TAM teh-noo-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The maqqef in et-ha-keves {אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ | ʾet-hă-ḵê-ves} and və-ʾet-lōg {וְאֶת־לֹג | və-ʾet-lōg} binds the direct object marker to its noun, foregrounding the lamb and the oil as cultic elements.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-bet-shin
“lamb, young sheep”
In context — Leviticus 14:12
And the priest shall take the one lamb and offer it as a guilt offering , and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ (ethakeves) 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.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.12.W3.S1) and character.