Leviticus 14:16:1Lev.14.16.W1TAB
וְטָבַ֤ל
vehtaval
“dip”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-VAL
- Extended
- veh-ta-VAHL
- IPA
- /və.taˈval/
Meaning by language
- English
- dip
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ta-VAL
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN
- clause
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET
- sentence
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o SHE-va pe-a-MEEM lihf-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive form vetaval {וְטָבַל | wə-ṭā-val} ‘and he dipped’, signaling a sequential ritual action.
Root and etymology
ṭ-b-lTet-Bet-Lamed
“to dip”
In context — Leviticus 14:16
Then the priest will dip his right finger into the oil on his left palm, and with his finger he will sprinkle the oil seven times before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְטָבַ֤ל (vehtaval) 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.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.16.W1.S1) and character.