Leviticus 14:24:3Lev.14.24.W3TAB
אֶת־כֶּ֥בֶשׂ
etkeves
“the lamb”
- Transliteration
- et-KE-ves
- Extended
- eht-KEH-ves
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈkɛ.vɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lamb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-KE-ves
- phraseyour reading level
et-KE-ves ha-a-SHAM
- clause
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN et-KE-ves ha-a-SHAM ve-et-LOG ha-SHA-men
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN et-KE-ves ha-a-SHAM ve-et-LOG ha-SHA-men ve-he-NIF o-TAM ha-ko-HEN te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subject hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | ha-kō-hen} ‘the priest’ performs the action, followed by direct objects introduced by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} and veet {וְאֶת־ | və-ʾet} leading into keves {כֶּבֶשׂ | ke-ḇeś} ‘lamb’, haasham {הָאָשָׁ֖ם | hā-ʾā-šām} ‘guilt offering’, log {לֹג | lōg} ‘log’, and hashemen {הַשָּׁ֑מֶן | ha-šā-men} ‘oil’.
Root and etymology
k-b-skaf-bet-shin
“young sheep”
In context — Leviticus 14:24
And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כֶּ֥בֶשׂ (etkeves) 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.14.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.24.W3.S1) and character.