Leviticus 14:23:5Lev.14.23.W5TAB
לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ
lehtahorato
“for his cleansing”
- Transliteration
- leh-ta-ho-RA-TO
- Extended
- leh-tah-hoh-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /lə.tɔ̆.hɔ.raˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his cleansing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-ta-ho-RA-TO
- clause
ve-he-VEE o-TAM ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE leh-ta-ho-RA-TO el-ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-he-VEE o-TAM ba-YOM hash-mee-NEE leh-ta-ho-RA-TO el-ha-ko-HEN el-PE-takh O-hel-mo-ED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The purpose clause letahorato {לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ | lə-ṭā-hō-rā-tô} ‘for his cleansing’ sets the intent of the act.
Root and etymology
ṭ-h-r
“to be clean, pure”
In context — Leviticus 14:23
And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:23, so the Hebrew word לְטָהֳרָת֖וֹ (lehtahorato) 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.14.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.23.W5.S1) and character.