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
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ki-BES
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- clause
ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.