Leviticus 15:11:9Lev.15.11.W9TAB
בְּגָדָ֛יו
begadav
“his clothes”
- Transliteration
- be-ga-DAV
- Extended
- beh-ga-DAAV
- IPA
- /bəgaˈdav/
Meaning by language
- English
- his clothes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-ga-DAV
- 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 prepositional phrases ba-māyim {בַּמָּ֑יִם | ba-māyim} and bə-ḡādāw {בְּגָדָ֛יו | bə-ḡādāw} specify means and object, preserving the ritual purification procedure.
Root and etymology
RootBet Gimel Dalet
“garment, covering”
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 15:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:11, so the Hebrew word בְּגָדָ֛יו (begadav) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.11.W9.S1) and character.