Leviticus 15:13:9Lev.15.13.W9TAB
וְכִבֶּ֣
vehkibes
“wash”
- Transliteration
- veh-ki-BES
- Extended
- veh-kih-BEHS
- IPA
- /wə.kiˈbes/
Meaning by language
- English
- wash
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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Word in context
- word
veh-ki-BES
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- clause
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV
- sentence
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The coordinated commands (və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw {וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו | və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw} and və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō {וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ | və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō}) present parallel ritual acts—washing garments versus bathing flesh—in bema-yim ḥay-yim {בְּמַיִם חַיִּים | bə-ma-yim ḥay-yim} ‘in living water’, emphasizing flowing water.
In context — Leviticus 15:13
And when the one with a discharge is purified from his discharge, he shall count for himself seven days for his purification, and he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in living water , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word וְכִבֶּ֣ (vehkibes) 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.15.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W9.S1) and character.