Leviticus 15:17:2Lev.15.17.W2TAB
וְכָל־ע֔וֹר
vekholor
“and each skin”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-OR
- Extended
- veh-KHOL-OHR
- IPA
- /və.ˈxol.ʕoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and each skin
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-OR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR
- clause
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- sentence
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra veh-khoo-BAS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The verse opens with inclusive parallelism vekol beged ve-kol ʿor {וְכָל־בֶּגֶד וְכָל־ע֔וֹר | wə-kol be-ḡed wə-kol ʿōr} ‘and every garment and every leather,’ ensuring all types of apparel are covered.
Root and etymology
ʿ-w-rayin-vav-resh
“skin, hide”
In context — Leviticus 15:17
And every garment and every leather which has semen upon it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־ע֔וֹר (vekholor) 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.15.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.17.W2.S1) and character.