Leviticus 16:15:1Lev.16.15.W1TAB
וְשָׁחַ֞ט
veshakhat
“slaughter”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-shah-KHAT
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaughter
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-KHAT
- clause
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
- sentence
ve-sha-KHAT et-se-EER ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VEE et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet ve-a-SAA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SAA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEH ha-ka-PO-ret
Exegesis
The opening verb veshachat {וְשָׁחַט | wə-šā-ḥaṭ} ‘and he shall slaughter’ initiates the ritual narrative.
In context — Leviticus 16:15
And he shall slaughter the male goat of the sin offering which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the bull’s blood, and sprinkle it on the atonement cover and before the atonement cover.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:15, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁחַ֞ט (veshakhat) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.15.W1.S1) and character.