Leviticus 15:16:9Lev.15.16.W9TAB
עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
adhaarev
“until the evening”
- Transliteration
- ad-ha-A-rev
- Extended
- ahd-hah-AA-rehv
- IPA
- /ʕad.haˈʕaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- until the evening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ad-ha-A-rev
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- clause
veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
veh-EESH kee-teh-TSE mih-me-NU shikh-vat-ZA-ra veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The final clause vetame adhaarev {וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב | wə-ṭā-mēʾ ʿad hā-ʿā-reḇ} ‘and he shall be unclean until the evening’ uses the perfect to indicate a resultant state. This linear verb-phrase progression underlines the cause-and-effect of emission, purification, and impurity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin-resh-bet
“evening”
In context — Leviticus 15:16
And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall wash all his flesh in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:16, so the Hebrew word עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ (adhaarev) 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.15.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.16.W9.S1) and character.