Leviticus 15:8:4Lev.15.8.W4TAB
וְכִבֶּ֧
vekhibes
“and wash”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-BES
- Extended
- veh-khi-BEHS
- IPA
- /wə.xi.ˈbes/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wash
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khi-BES
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-BES be-ga-DAV
- clause
ve-khi-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-khee-yah-ROK ha-ZAV ba-ta-HOR ve-khi-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-ma-YIM ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutive forms in və-ḵi-bes {וְכִבֶּס | və-ḵi-bes} ‘and he washes’ and və-rā-ḥaṭs {וְרָחַץ | və-rā-ḥaṭs} ‘and he bathes’ outline the purification steps.
In context — Leviticus 15:8
And if the man with a discharge spits on someone who is clean, then that person shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְכִבֶּ֧ (vekhibes) 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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.8.W4.S1) and character.