Leviticus 14:47:5Lev.14.47.W5TAB
וְהָאֹכֵ֣ל
vehaokhel
“and the one who eats”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-o-KHEL
- Extended
- veh-hah-oh-KHEL
- IPA
- /və.ha.ʔoˈxeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who eats
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-o-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-o-KHEL ba-BA-yit
- clause
ve-ha-o-KHEL 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
RootAleph, Kaph, Lamed
“to eat”
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 14:47:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:47, so the Hebrew word וְהָאֹכֵ֣ל (vehaokhel) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.47.W5.S1) and character.