Leviticus 15:22:1Lev.15.22.W1TAB
וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֔עַ
vehkholhannogea
“and whoever touches”
- Transliteration
- veh-khol-han-no-GEA
- Extended
- veh-khohl-han-noh-GEH-ah
- IPA
- /wəxol.han.noˈɡe.ʕa/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-khol-han-no-GEA
- clause
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV
- sentence
veh-khol-han-no-GEA beh-khohl-ke-LEE ah-sher-te-SHEV ah-LAV ye-kha-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The Hebrew law employs the participial phrase hanogea {הַנֹּגֵ֔עַ | hān-nô-‘ēa‘} “the one touching” with bekhol keli {בְּכָל־כְּלִ֖י | bə-ḵōl kə-lî} “in any vessel” to express a general prohibition.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ע
“to touch, strike”
In context — Leviticus 15:22
And anyone who touches any vessel on which she sits must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:22, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֔עַ (vehkholhannogea) 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.15.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.22.W1.S1) and character.