Leviticus 15:21:1Lev.15.21.W1TAB
וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֖עַ
vehkhohlhanohgehah
“and whoever touches”
- Transliteration
- veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH
- Extended
- veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH
- IPA
- /vəˈxol ha.noˈɡe.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and whoever touches
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH
- clause
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH
- sentence
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The construction begins with vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-khol} ‘and all,’ which introduces a general case.
This is followed by hanoge’a {הַנֹּגֵעַ | han-nō-ḡēaʿ} ‘the one touching,’ a Qal participle signaling a generic agent.
Root and etymology
נ-ג-ע
“to touch”
In context — Leviticus 15:21
And anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:21, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֖עַ (vehkhohlhanohgehah) 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.15.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.21.W1.S1) and character.