Leviticus 15:12:5Lev.15.12.W5TAB
וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵ֔ץ
vehkholkleeets
“and every vessel of wood”
- Transliteration
- veh-KHOL-klee-ETS
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-klee-ETS
- IPA
- /wə.χaːl.kliː.ˈʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every vessel of wood
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-KHOL-klee-ETS
- clause
veh-KHOL-klee-ETS yi-sha-TEF ba-MA-yim
- 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
A parallel protasis-apodosis with wə-kōl khli ʿēṣ {וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵץ | wə-kōl-kəlî-ʿēṣ} ‘every wooden vessel’ and yiššāṭēp̄ {יִשָּׁטֵף | yiššāṭēp̄} ‘it shall be rinsed’ plus locative ba-māyim {בַּמָּיִם | ba-māyim} ‘in the water’ contrasts breaking with washing, highlighting material-specific impurity procedures.
Root and etymology
Rootk-l-y
“vessel, container”
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 15:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:12, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵ֔ץ (vehkholkleeets) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.12.W5.S1) and character.