Leviticus 15:23:1Lev.15.23.W1TAB
וְאִ֨ם
vehim
“and if”
- Transliteration
- veh-IM
- Extended
- veh-IHM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
veh-IM
- phraseyour reading level
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV
- clause
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV HU O ahl-hah-KLI ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV beh-nah-GEH-oh-VOH
- sentence
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV HU O ahl-hah-KLI ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV beh-nah-GEH-oh-VOH yit-MAA ad-hah-A-rev
Exegesis
The conditional particle veim {וְאִם | və-ʾim} 'and if' introduces a protasis structuring the legal scenario, while the bound prepositional phrases al-hamishkav {עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב | ʿal-ham-miškāv} 'upon the bed' and al-hakheli {עַל־הַכְּלִי | ʿal-hak-ke-lî} 'upon the object' specify the location.
In context — Leviticus 15:23
And if it is upon the bed or upon the object on which she is sitting, when someone touches it, he will be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֨ם (vehim) 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.15.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.23.W1.S1) and character.