Leviticus 14:45:1Lev.14.45.W1TAB
וְנָתַ֣ץ
venatats
“break down”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-TATS
- Extended
- veh-na-TAHTS
- IPA
- /wə.naːˈtats/
Meaning by language
- English
- break down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-TATS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TATS eht-ha-BA-yit
- clause
ve-na-TATS eht-ha-BA-yit et-a-va-NAV ve-et-EH-TSAV ve-EET kol-a-FAHR ha-BA-yit
- sentence
ve-na-TATS eht-ha-BA-yit et-a-va-NAV ve-et-EH-TSAV ve-EET kol-a-FAHR ha-BA-yit ve-ho-TSI el-mi-KHUTS la-EER el-ma-KOM ta-MEH
Exegesis
The sequence begins with the Qal perfect venatats {וְנָתַ֣ץ | wə-nā-ṭaṣ} ‘and he shall tear down’, followed by a paratactic accumulation of objects each introduced by the particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} (ha-bayit {הַבַּ֗יִת | ha-bā-yîṯ} ‘the house’; avanav {אֲבָנָיו֙ | ʾǎ-bā-naw} ‘its stones’; etsav {עֵצָיו֔ | ʿê-ṣāw} ‘its timbers’; afar {עֲפַ֣ר | ʿǎ-p̄ar} ‘the plaster’).
Root and etymology
n-ṭ-ṣnun-tet-ṣade
“tear down, demolish”
In context — Leviticus 14:45
He shall tear down the house—its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house—and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:45, so the Hebrew word וְנָתַ֣ץ (venatats) 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.14.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.45.W1.S1) and character.