Leviticus 16:28:5Lev.16.28.W5TAB
וְרָחַ֥ץ
verahkhats
“and shall bathe”
- Transliteration
- ve-rah-KHATS
- Extended
- veh-rah-KHATS
- IPA
- /wə.ra.ˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall bathe
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-rah-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-rah-KHATS et-be-sa-RO
- 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 conjunction ve and Qal perfect verb rachats {וְרָחַץ | wə-ra-ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall bathe’ continues the sequence with et-besaro {אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ | ’et-be-śā-rō} ‘the flesh of him’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-ṣ
“to wash, bathe”
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 16:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:28, so the Hebrew word וְרָחַ֥ץ (verahkhats) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.28.W5.S1) and character.