Leviticus 15:12:1Lev.15.12.W1TAB
וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ
ookhekleekhehres
“and an earthenware vessel”
- Transliteration
- oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res
- Extended
- oo-khe-klee-KHEH-rehs
- IPA
- /u.xə.liː.ˈχɛ.rɛs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and an earthenware vessel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res
- clause
oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV yi-sha-BER
- sentence
oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV yi-sha-BER veh-KHOL-klee-ETS yi-sha-TEF ba-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction u {וּ | û} marking continuity with previous impurity regulations, followed by the construct khli ḥereś {כְּלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ | kəlî-ḥereś} ‘clay vessel’ as subject.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-śḥet–resh–tsade
“earthen vessel”
In context — Leviticus 15:12
And any vessel of clay which the man with a discharge touches—it shall be broken. And every vessel of wood shall be rinsed with water .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:12, so the Hebrew word וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ (ookhekleekhehres) 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.15.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.12.W1.S1) and character.