Leviticus 15:7:1Lev.15.7.W1TAB
וְהַנֹּגֵ֖עַ
vehhahnogehah
“and the one who touches”
- Transliteration
- veh-hah-no-GEH-ah
- Extended
- veh-hah-noh-GEH-ah
- IPA
- /və.han.noˈɡe.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who touches
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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 | |
| 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-hah-no-GEH-ah
- clause
veh-hah-no-GEH-ah biv-SAR ha-ZAV
- sentence
veh-hah-no-GEH-ah biv-SAR ha-ZAV ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The participle vehanoge'a {וְהַנֹּגֵעַ | wə-han-nō-ḡē-ʿa} functions as a Hiphil participle introducing a casuistic subject (“whoever touches”).
Root and etymology
“to touch”
In context — Leviticus 15:7
And whoever touches the flesh of the man with a discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:7, so the Hebrew word וְהַנֹּגֵ֖עַ (vehhahnogehah) 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.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.7.W1.S1) and character.