Leviticus 14:6:10Lev.14.6.W10TAB
וְטָבַ֨ל
vetaval
“dip”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-VAL
- Extended
- veh-tah-VAHL
- IPA
- /vətˤaˈval/
Meaning by language
- English
- dip
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ta-VAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-VAL o-TAM
- clause
ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM
- sentence
et-ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA yik-KAKH o-TAH ve-et-ETS ha-E-rez ve-et-she-NEE ha-to-la-AT ve-ET-ha-e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL o-TAM ve-ET ha-tsi-POR ha-khai-YA be-DAM ha-tsi-POR hash-khoo-TAH al ha-MAI-yim ha-khai-YIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in wǝ-ṭābal {וְטָבַל | wə-ṭābal} ‘and he shall dip’ marks the shift to the immersion rite.
Root and etymology
ṭ-b-lTet-Bet-Lamed
“to dip”
In context — Leviticus 14:6
He shall take the living bird along with the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop , and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 14:6, so the Hebrew word וְטָבַ֨ל (vetaval) 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.14.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.6.W10.S1) and character.