Leviticus 15:14:13Lev.15.14.W13TAB
אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙
elpetakh
“to the entrance”
- Transliteration
- el-PE-takh
- Extended
- el-PEH-takh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈpetaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the entrance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
el-PE-takh
- clause
oo-VA lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED oo-neh-tah-NAM el-ha-ko-HEN
- sentence
oo-vah-YOM ha-shmee-NEE yik-KAKH-LO SHTEE to-REEM OH SHNEE beh-NEY yo-NAH oo-VA lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED oo-neh-tah-NAM el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה | li-pə̆-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ and el-petach ohel moed {אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד | ’el-pə̆-ṯāḥ ’ō-hel mō-’êd} ‘to the entrance of the tent of meeting’ establish the sacred setting. The sequential vav-consecutives produce a solemn procedural rhythm appropriate for a purification offering.
In context — Leviticus 15:14
And on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall come before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 15:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פֶּ֙תַח֙ (elpetakh) 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.15.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.14.W13.S1) and character.