Leviticus 15:8:9Lev.15.8.W9TAB
עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
adhaahrev
“until the evening”
- Transliteration
- ad-ha-AH-rev
- Extended
- ahd-hah-AA-rehv
- IPA
- /ʕad.ha.ˈʕaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- until the evening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ad-ha-AH-rev
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-ME ad-ha-AH-rev
- 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
The connective vetamei {וְטָמֵא | və-ṭā-me} ‘and he is unclean’ coupled with ʿad-hā-ʿā-rev {עַד־הָעָרֶב | ʿad-hā-ʿā-rev} ‘until the evening’ defines the duration of impurity. This protasis–apodosis structure with vav-consecutive verbs provides a clear legal sequence for ritual purity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin-resh-bet
“evening”
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 15:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 15:8, so the Hebrew word עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ (adhaahrev) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.8.W9.S1) and character.