Leviticus 14:49:6Lev.14.49.W6TAB
וְעֵ֣ץ
veets
“and wood of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ETS
- Extended
- veh-ETS
- IPA
- /və.ˈʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wood of
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ETS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ETS E-rez
- clause
ve-ETS E-rez oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at ve-e-ZOV
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH le-kha-TE et-ha-BA-yit SHTEY tsip-po-REEM ve-ETS E-rez oo-she-NEE to-LAH-at ve-e-ZOV
Exegesis
The coordinated list šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm {שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים | šə-tê ṣip-pō-rîm} ‘two birds’, wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez {וְעֵץ אֶרֶז | wə-ʿēṣ ʾe-rez} ‘and cedar wood’, wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt {וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת | wə-šnī tô-lā-ʿāt} ‘and two scarlet yarn’, and wə-ʾê-zōv {וְאֵזֹב | wə-ʾê-zōב} ‘and hyssop’ employs asyndeton to convey the comprehensive components required for sacred cleansing. The feminine numeral constructs šə-tê and wə-šnī align with their feminine nouns, ensuring grammatical agreement shapes the English rendering.
In context — Leviticus 14:49
He shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn , and hyssop to purify the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:49:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:49, so the Hebrew word וְעֵ֣ץ (veets) 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.14.49.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.49.W6.S1) and character.