Leviticus 16:21:9Lev.16.21.W9TAB
וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה
vehhitvadah
“confessed”
- Transliteration
- veh-hit-va-DAH
- Extended
- veh-hit-vah-DAAH
- IPA
- /və.hit.vaˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- confessed
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hit-va-DAH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV
- clause
ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM veh-na-TAN o-TAM al-ROSH ha-sa-IR veh-shil-LAKH be-yad-EESH it-TI ha-mid-ba-RAH
Exegesis
Hitpael vehitvadah {וְהִתְוַדָּה | wə-hiṯ-wad-dāh} creates a reflexive ‘confess’ linking priest and sin.
In context — Leviticus 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head. Then he shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 16:21, so the Hebrew word וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה (vehhitvadah) 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.16.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.21.W9.S1) and character.