Leviticus 16:24:6Lev.16.24.W6TAB
וְלָבַ֖שׁ
velavash
“put on”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-VASH
- Extended
- veh-lah-VASH
- IPA
- /vəlaˈvaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- put on
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-VASH
- clause
veh-RAH-KHATS et-be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim be-ma-KOM ka-DOSH ve-la-VASH et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
veh-RAH-KHATS et-be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim be-ma-KOM ka-DOSH ve-la-VASH et-be-ga-DAV ve-ya-TSA ve-a-SA et-o-la-TOH ve-et-o-LAT ha-AM ve-ki-PER ba-a-DO u-ve-AD ha-AM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a chain of vav consecutive verbs establishing procedure—verachats {וְרָחַץ | wə-rā-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall wash’, velavash {וְלָבַשׁ | wə-lā-ḇaš} ‘and he shall put on’, veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and he shall go out’, veasah {וְעָשָׂה | wə-ʿā-śāʾ} ‘and he shall offer’, vekhipper {וְכִפֵּר | wə-kip-pēr} ‘and he shall make atonement’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-bet-shin
“to clothe”
In context — Leviticus 16:24
And he shall wash his flesh in water in a holy place , and he shall put on his garments, and he shall go out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and he shall make atonement for himself and for the people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 16:24, so the Hebrew word וְלָבַ֖שׁ (velavash) 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.16.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.24.W6.S1) and character.