Leviticus 14:47:1Lev.14.47.W1TAB
וְהַשֹּׁכֵ֣ב
vehashokhev
“and the one who sleeps”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-sho-KHEV
- Extended
- veh-hah-SHOH-KHEHV
- IPA
- /və.haʃːoˈxeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who sleeps
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-sho-KHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-sho-KHEV ba-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ha-sho-KHEV ba-BA-yit ye-kha-BES et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
ve-ha-sho-KHEV ba-BA-yit ye-kha-BES et-be-ga-DAV ve-ha-o-KHEL ba-BA-yit ye-kha-BES et-be-ga-DAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel participle ve-ha-šō-ḵēv {וְהַשֹּׁכֵב | wə-ha-šō-khev} ‘the one who lies down’ and continues with the Qal participle wə-hā-ō-khel {וְהָאֹכֵל | wə-hā-ō-khel} ‘the one who eats’, both functioning as substantive subjects.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Kaph, Beth
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 14:47
And whoever lies down in the house shall wash his garments , and whoever eats in the house shall wash his garments.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:47:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:47, so the Hebrew word וְהַשֹּׁכֵ֣ב (vehashokhev) 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.14.47.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.47.W1.S1) and character.