Leviticus 16:34:1Lev.16.34.W1TAB
וְהָֽיְתָה־זֹּ֨את
vehhahyehtahzot
“And this shall be”
- Transliteration
- veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT
- Extended
- veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /wəhaːjəˈtaːzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- And this shall be
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT la-KHEM
- clause
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT la-KHEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM le-ka-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-KOL-khat-to-TAHM a-KHAT ba-sha-NAH
- sentence
veh-hah-yeh-tah-ZOT la-KHEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM le-ka-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-KOL-khat-to-TAHM a-KHAT ba-sha-NAH va-ya-AS ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect v’hayetah {וְהָֽיְתָה | wə-hā-yə-tā} introducing a legal decree.
The demonstrative zot {זֹאת | zōṯ} specifies the instruction, and the construct chain lechukkat olam {לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם | lə-ḥuk-kāṯ ’ô-lām} expresses a perpetual statute.
In context — Leviticus 16:34
And this shall be for you an everlasting statute to make atonement for the sons of Israel from all their sins once in the year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 16:34, so the Hebrew word וְהָֽיְתָה־זֹּ֨את (vehhahyehtahzot) 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.16.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.34.W1.S1) and character.