Leviticus 16:22:7Lev.16.22.W7TAB
וְשִׁלַּ֥ח
vehshilakh
“send away”
- Transliteration
- veh-shi-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-shih-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vəʃilˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- send away
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-shi-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER
- clause
veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
veh-na-SA ha-sa-EER a-LAV et-KOL-a-vo-NO-tam el-E-RETS ge-ze-RAH veh-shi-LAKH et-ha-sa-EER ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The narrative continues with the Piel vav-consecutive wə-šil-laḥ {וְשִׁלַּח | wə-šil-laḥ} “and he will send,” where the subject is understood from context.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send away”
In context — Leviticus 16:22
And the goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities to a land of separation, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 16:22, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁלַּ֥ח (vehshilakh) 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.16.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.22.W7.S1) and character.