Leviticus 16:34:9Lev.16.34.W9TAB
אַחַ֖ת
akhat
“once”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAT
- Extended
- ah-KHAT
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- once
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAT
- 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
Mikol chatotam {מִכָּל־חַטֹּאתָם | mi-ḵol ḥa-ṭō-’tām} intensifies scope by totality, with achat bashanah {אַחַת בַּשָּׁנָה | ’a-ḥat ba-šān-āh} setting the annual timing.
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 16:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 16:34, so the Hebrew word אַחַ֖ת (akhat) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.34.W9.S1) and character.