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

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Result
וּ + כְ + לִי + חֶ֛ + רֶשׂ
oo + khe + klee + kheh + res
ookhekleekhehres

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res

  2. clause

    oo-khe-klee-KHEH-res ah-SHER-yig-ga-BO ha-ZAV yi-sha-BER

  3. 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 contextLeviticus 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.