Leviticus 15:11:8Lev.15.11.W8TAB

וְכִבֶּ֧

vekibes

and washed

Transliteration
ve-ki-BES
Extended
veh-ki-BEHS
IPA
/vəkiˈbes/

Meaning by language

English
and washed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + כִ + בֶּ֧
ve + ki + bes
vekibes

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ki-BES

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV

  3. clause

    ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev

  4. sentence

    ve-KHOL a-SHER yih-ga-BO ha-ZAV ve-ya-DAV loh-sha-TAF ba-MA-yim ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive chain wə-qib-bes {וְכִבֶּ֧ס | wə-qib-bes}, wə-rāḥaṣ {וְרָחַ֥ץ | wə-rāḥaṣ}, and wə-ṭāmēʾ {וְטָמֵ֥א | wə-ṭāmēʾ} marks sequential actions and resultant state.

In contextLeviticus 15:11

Anyone whom the man with a discharge touches without washing his hands in water shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:11, so the Hebrew word וְכִבֶּ֧ (vekibes) 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.15.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.11.W8.S1) and character.