Leviticus 14:13:1Lev.14.13.W1TAB
וְשָׁחַ֣ט
veshakhat
“slaughter”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-shah-KHAT
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughter
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-KHAT EHT-ha-KE-ves
- clause
ve-sha-KHAT EHT-ha-KE-ves bim-KOM a-SHER yish-KHAT EHT-ha-kha-TAT ve-EHT-ha-o-LAH bim-KOM ha-KO-desh
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT EHT-ha-KE-ves bim-KOM a-SHER yish-KHAT EHT-ha-kha-TAT ve-EHT-ha-o-LAH bim-KOM ha-KO-desh KI ka-kha-TAT ha-a-SHAM HU la-ko-HEN KO-desh qa-da-SHEEM HU
Exegesis
veshachat {וְשָׁחַ֣ט | və-ša-ḥaṭ} ‘and-he-shall-slaughter’ introduces a sequential action via the vav consecutive.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ט
“to slaughter”
In context — Leviticus 14:13
He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place ; for as the sin offering so is the guilt offering—it is for the priest, it is most holy.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁחַ֣ט (veshakhat) 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.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.13.W1.S1) and character.