Leviticus 14:50:4Lev.14.50.W4TAB
אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶ֖רֶשׂ
ehlkehleekhehres
“into an earthenware vessel”
- Transliteration
- ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res
- Extended
- ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res
- IPA
- /ʔel.kə.liːˈχɛrɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- into an earthenware vessel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res
- clause
ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res al-MA-yim kha-YEEM
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT et-ha-tsi-POR ha-eh-KHAT ehl-keh-lee-KHEH-res al-MA-yim kha-YEEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el keli-cheres {אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶ֖רֶשׂ | ʾel kə-lî-ḥe-res} structures ‘into a clay vessel’, while al mayim chayim {עַל־מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים | ʿal ma-yim ḥay-yîm} forms ‘over living water’, a Hebrew idiom for fresh, running water. This sequence underscores the requirement that the bird’s blood be collected in an ordinary vessel above untainted flowing water, preserving the ritual purity laws. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew word order to maintain liturgical specificity.
Root and etymology
כ־ל־יkaf-lamed-yod
“vessel”
In context — Leviticus 14:50
And he shall slaughter the one bird into a clay vessel placed over living water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:50:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 14:50, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶ֖רֶשׂ (ehlkehleekhehres) 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.14.50.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.50.W4.S1) and character.