Leviticus 14:9:18Lev.14.9.W18TAB
וְטָהֵֽר׃
vetaher
“and shall be clean”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-HER
- Extended
- veh-tah-HEHR
- IPA
- /vətaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall be clean
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-HER
- clause
ve-ki-BES et-be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATs et-be-sa-RO ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-HER
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM hash-vee-EE ye-ga-LAKH et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH et-RO-sho veh-et-ze-KAH-no ve-ET ga-BOT ei-NAV veh-et-kahl-seh-ah-ROH ye-ga-LE-akh ve-ki-BES et-be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATs et-be-sa-RO ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-HER
Exegesis
The coordination of wə-kibbēs {וְכִבֶּ֣ס | wə-kibbēs} ‘and he shall wash’ and wə-rā-ḥaṣ {וְרָחַץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall bathe’ leads to wə-ṭā-hēr {וְטָהֵֽר | wə-ṭā-hēr} ‘and he shall be clean’, signaling the achieved state of ritual purity.
Root and etymology
Roottet–heh–resh
“to be pure”
In context — Leviticus 14:9
And it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair—from his head, his beard, and the eyebrows of his eyes—indeed, all his hair he shall shave off. Then he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 14:9, so the Hebrew word וְטָהֵֽר׃ (vetaher) 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.14.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.9.W18.S1) and character.