Leviticus 16:12:3Lev.16.12.W3TAB
גַּֽחֲלֵי־אֵ֞שׁ
gahkhalayeesh
“coals of fire”
- Transliteration
- gah-kha-LAY-EESH
- Extended
- gah-kha-LEH-EESH
- IPA
- /ga.ħa.leː.ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- coals of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
gah-kha-LAY-EESH
- clause
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH
- sentence
veh-la-KAKH meh-LOH-ham-makh-TAH gah-kha-LAY-EESH meh-AL ham-miz-BE-akh mil-lif-NEH Yeh-ho-VAH oo-meh-LO khaf-NAAV ke-TO-ret sa-MEEM dak-KAH veh-he-VEE mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
Exegesis
The construct chain melo-ha-maḥtāh {מְלֹֽא־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה | mə-lō ham-maḥ-tāh} ‘fullness of the censer’ and gaḥălê-ʾēš {גַּֽחֲלֵי־אֵ֞שׁ | ga-ḥă-lê-ʾēš} ‘coals of fire’ specifies the required implements.
In context — Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a full censer of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely beaten incense , and he shall bring it inside the veil.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 16:12, so the Hebrew word גַּֽחֲלֵי־אֵ֞שׁ (gahkhalayeesh) 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.16.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.12.W3.S1) and character.