Leviticus 14:23:7Lev.14.23.W7TAB
אֶל־פֶּ֥תַח
elpetakh
“to the entrance of”
- Transliteration
- el-PE-takh
- Extended
- EHL-PEH-takh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈpɛtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the entrance of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-PE-takh
- phraseyour reading level
el-PE-takh O-hel-mo-ED
- clause
el-PE-takh O-hel-mo-ED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- 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
Two successive locative phrases introduced by el {אֶל־ | ʾel} direct movement to hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên} ‘the priest’ and then to petach ohel moed {פֶּתַח אֹהֶל־מוֹעֵד | pe-ṭaḥ ʾō-hel mō-ʿêd} ‘entrance of the tent of meeting’, where the construct denotes possession.
Root and etymology
פ־ת־ח
“opening”
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 14:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פֶּ֥תַח (elpetakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.23.W7.S1) and character.