Leviticus 14:46:1Lev.14.46.W1TAB
וְהַבָּא֙
vehabaa
“and the one who enters”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-BAA
- Extended
- veh-ha-BAA
- IPA
- /wə.haˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who enters
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-BAA
- clause
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO
- sentence
ve-ha-BAA el-ha-BA-yit kol-ye-MEI his-GEER o-TO yit-MA ad-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The Hebrew text begins with the participial subject veha-ba {וְהַבָּא֙ | vǝ-habbāʾ} ‘entering one’, functioning generically.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to enter”
In context — Leviticus 14:46
And anyone who enters the house during all the days that he isolates it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:46, so the Hebrew word וְהַבָּא֙ (vehabaa) 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.14.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.46.W1.S1) and character.