Leviticus 16:20:1Lev.16.20.W1TAB
וְכִלָּה֙
vehkihlaa
“having finished”
- Transliteration
- veh-kih-LAA
- Extended
- veh-kih-LAA
- IPA
- /wəkilˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- having finished
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-kih-LAA
- clause
veh-kih-LAA mih-kah-PEHR et-hah-KOH-desh veh-et-OH-hel mo-ED veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh
- sentence
veh-kih-LAA mih-kah-PEHR et-hah-KOH-desh veh-et-OH-hel mo-ED veh-et-hah-miz-BEH-akh veh-hee-KREEV et-hah-saa-EER heh-KHAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve-khilah {וְכִלָּה֙ | wə-ḵil-lāh} ‘and he finishes’, a Piel imperfect with vav-consecutive signaling a new ritual stage.
In context — Leviticus 16:20
And when he has finished making atonement for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְכִלָּה֙ (vehkihlaa) 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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.20.W1.S1) and character.