Leviticus 14:5:3Lev.14.5.W3TAB
וְשָׁחַ֖ט
veshakhat
“slaughter”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-shah-KHAT
- IPA
- /və.ʃaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughter
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-KHAT
- clause
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsip-OR ha-eh-KHAT
- sentence
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsip-OR ha-eh-KHAT el-keh-lee-KHE-res al-MA-yim kha-YIM
Exegesis
The next vav-consecutive weshachat {וְשָׁחַ֖ט | wə-ša-ḥaṭ} ‘and he shall slaughter’ links the subsequent sacrificial act.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ט
“to slaughter”
In context — Leviticus 14:5
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over an earthenware vessel above living water .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:5, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁחַ֖ט (veshakhat) 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.14.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.5.W3.S1) and character.