Leviticus 16:28:1Lev.16.28.W1TAB
וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף
vehasoref
“and the one who burns”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-so-REF
- Extended
- veh-hah-soh-REHF
- IPA
- /wə.ha.so.ˈreːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one who burns
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-so-REF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-so-REF o-TAM
- clause
ve-ha-so-REF o-TAM ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-rah-KHATS et-be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-so-REF o-TAM ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-rah-KHATS et-be-sa-RO ba-MA-yim ve-a-kha-REI-KHEN ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal participle vehasoref {וְהַשֹּׂרֵף | wə-ha-ṣō-rēp} ‘and the burner,’ which introduces the ritual agent.
Root and etymology
s-r-p
“to burn, consume with fire”
In context — Leviticus 16:28
And the one who burns them shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may enter the camp.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:28, so the Hebrew word וְהַשֹּׂרֵ֣ף (vehasoref) 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.16.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.28.W1.S1) and character.