Leviticus 16:17:1Lev.16.17.W1TAB
וְכָל־אָדָ֞ם
vehkholadam
“and any person”
- Transliteration
- veh-KHOL-a-DAM
- Extended
- veh-KHOHL-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /vəxol.ʔaˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and any person
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-KHOL-a-DAM
- clause
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to
- sentence
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to veh-kih-PEHR ba-a-DO oo-be-AD BEI-to oo-be-AD khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinating phrase vekhol adam {וְכָל־אָדָם | və-ḵāl ʾā-dām} ‘and all humanity’, where the conjunction waw fused with kol ‘all’ establishes universal exclusion.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ם
“man, humanity”
In context — Leviticus 16:17
And no person shall be in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and he shall make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:17, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־אָדָ֞ם (vehkholadam) 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.16.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.17.W1.S1) and character.