Leviticus 15:17:6Lev.15.17.W6TAB
וְכֻבַּ֥
vehkhoobas
“and be washed”
- Transliteration
- veh-khoo-BAS
- Extended
- veh-khoo-BAHS
- IPA
- /və.xu.ˈbas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and be washed
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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
veh-khoo-BAS
- phraseyour reading level
veh-khoo-BAS ba-MA-yim
- clause
veh-khoo-BAS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
- 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 Piel passive ve-kub-bas {וְכֻבַּ֥ס | wə-kub-bas} ‘and shall be washed’ conveys a mandatory purification step, preserved in English passive voice to retain legal formality.
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 15:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְכֻבַּ֥ (vehkhoobas) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.17.W6.S1) and character.