Leviticus 14:20:9Lev.14.20.W9TAB
וְטָהֵֽר׃
vehtaher
“be clean”
- Transliteration
- veh-ta-HER
- Extended
- veh-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /və.taˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- be clean
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ta-HER
- clause
veh-ki-PER a-LAV ha-koh-HEN veh-ta-HER
- sentence
veh-heh-eh-LAH ha-koh-HEN eht-hah-oh-LAH veh-eht-hah-min-KHAAH ha-miz-BEH-khah veh-ki-PER a-LAV ha-koh-HEN veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The final Qal perfect vetaher {וְטָהֵֽר | wə-ṭā-hēr} denotes the result of the ritual. Rendering VSO into English SVO retains the stepwise structure and preserves the procedural and causal relationships.
Root and etymology
ṭ-h-rTet-He-Resh
“to be pure”
In context — Leviticus 14:20
And the priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:20, so the Hebrew word וְטָהֵֽר׃ (vehtaher) 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.14.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.20.W9.S1) and character.