Leviticus 14:8:11Lev.14.8.W11TAB
אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה
elhamakhaneh
“to the camp”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- Extended
- EHL-hah-mah-kha-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hammaħaˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the camp
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- clause
ve-kih-BES ha-mit-ta-HER et-beh-gah-DAV ve-gil-LAKH et-KOL-seh-ah-RO veh-rah-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-HER veh-a-KHAR ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
ve-kih-BES ha-mit-ta-HER et-beh-gah-DAV ve-gil-LAKH et-KOL-seh-ah-RO veh-rah-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-HER veh-a-KHAR ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH veh-ya-SHAV mi-KHUTS le-ah-ho-LO shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The temporal marker veachar {וְאַחַר | və-’a-ḥar} ‘and after’ introduces the transition to yavo el hamachaneh {יָבֹא אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה | yā-vō el-ha-ma-ḥa-nē} ‘he shall enter the camp’, contrasted with the probationary clause veyashav michuts leohalo {וְיָשַׁב מִחוּץ לְאָהֳלוֹ | və-yā-šaḇ mi-ḥūṣ le-’ō-hā-lō} ‘and he shall dwell outside his tent’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-h
“camp”
In context — Leviticus 14:8
And the one being cleansed shall wash his garments , shave off all his hair, and bathe in water; then he shall be clean. Afterwards he shall enter the camp , but he shall remain outside his tent for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (elhamakhaneh) 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.14.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.8.W11.S1) and character.