Leviticus 15:6:1Lev.15.6.W1TAB
וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙
vehayoshev
“the one who sits”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-yo-SHEV
- Extended
- veh-ha-yoh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /wə.ha.joː.ˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one who sits
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-yo-SHEV
- clause
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV
- sentence
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-E-rev
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive participle vehayoshev {וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙ | wə-ha-yo-šêḇ} ‘the one who sits’, introducing a protasis clause typical of purity laws.
Root and etymology
y-sh-v
“to sit”
In context — Leviticus 15:6
Anyone who sits on the object on which a man with a discharge has sat shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:6, so the Hebrew word וְהַיֹּשֵׁב֙ (vehayoshev) 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.15.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.6.W1.S1) and character.