Leviticus 15:10:1Lev.15.10.W1TAB
וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ
vehkolhanogehah
“and whoever touches”
- Transliteration
- veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah
- Extended
- veh-KOHL-ha-no-GEH-ah
- IPA
- /vəˈkol.ha.noˈɡe.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and whoever touches
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah
- clause
veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah beh-KOL a-SHER yih-YEH takh-TAW yit-MA ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-KOL-ha-no-GEH-ah beh-KOL a-SHER yih-YEH takh-TAW yit-MA ad-ha-A-rev veh-ha-no-SEH oh-TAM ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAW veh-ra-KHATS bah-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The verse begins with vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵāl} establishing universal scope.
The Qal participle hanôgēa {הַנֹּגֵעַ | hanôgēa} functions as the subject, modified by bekhol {בְּכֹל | bə-ḵōl} and the relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}.
Root and etymology
RootNun-Gimel-Ayin
“to touch, strike”
In context — Leviticus 15:10
And anyone who touches anything under him shall be unclean until evening; and anyone who carries them shall wash his garments and bathe in water and shall be unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:10, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ (vehkolhanogehah) 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.15.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.10.W1.S1) and character.