Leviticus 15:21:8Lev.15.21.W8TAB
עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
ahdhaaarev
“until the evening”
- Transliteration
- ahd-ha-AA-rev
- Extended
- ahd-ha-AA-rev
- IPA
- /ʕad.haˈʕaːrɛv/
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
ahd-ha-AA-rev
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
- clause
yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
- 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 resultant state vetame {וְטָמֵא | wə-ṭāmēʾ} ‘and he will be unclean’ uses the perfect to denote a lasting condition, and the temporal adhaarev {עַד־הָעָרֶב | ʿad-hā-ʿāreḇ} ‘until evening’ specifies duration. In English the participial rule becomes a generic “Anyone who” clause, preserving the ritual sequence and priestly temporal framing.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin-resh-bet
“evening”
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 15:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 15:21, so the Hebrew word עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ (ahdhaaarev) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.21.W8.S1) and character.