Leviticus 15:9:1Lev.15.9.W1TAB
וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב
vekholhamerkav
“and every saddle”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHOL-ha-mer-KAV
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-hah-mehr-KAAV
- IPA
- /və.xol.ham.mɛrˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every saddle
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHOL-ha-mer-KAV
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-mer-KAV a-SHER yir-KAV a-LAV ha-ZAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The noun phrase kol ha-merkav {כָּל־ הַמֶּרְכָּב | kāl hā-měr-kā-ḇ} functions as the subject, where kol {כָּל | kāl} expresses universality and ha-merkav {הַמֶּרְכָּב | hā-měr-kā-ḇ} specifies the riding seat.
Root and etymology
ר־כ־בR K B
“to ride, mount”
In context — Leviticus 15:9
And every saddle upon which the man with a discharge will ride shall become unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב (vekholhamerkav) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.9.W1.S1) and character.