Leviticus 16:4:11Lev.16.4.W11TAB

בַּ֖ד

bad

linen

Transliteration
BAD
Extended
BAHD
IPA
/ˈbad/

Meaning by language

English
linen

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    BAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD

  3. clause

    keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh yil-BAASH u-mikh-neh-see-BAD yih-YOO al-beh-sa-ROH u-beh-av-NET BAD yakh-GOR u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD yits-NOF

  4. sentence

    keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh yil-BAASH u-mikh-neh-see-BAD yih-YOO al-beh-sa-ROH u-beh-av-NET BAD yakh-GOR u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD yits-NOF big-dee-KOH-desh HEM veh-RA-khats ba-MA-yim ET-beh-SA-ROH u-leh-VE-SHAHM

Exegesis

The verse opens with a construct chain of ketonet-bad {כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּד | kə-ṯō-neṯ baḏ} ‘linen tunic’ and kodesh {קֹ֜דֶשׁ | qō·ḏěš} ‘holiness’, framing the priestly attire, and repeats with bigdei-kodesh {בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ | biɡ·dê·qō·ḏěš} ‘garments of holiness’.

The prefixed vav in u-mikhnesai-bad {וּמִֽכְנְסֵי־בַד֮ | wə·miẖ·nə·sē·ḇaḏ} marks continuation rather than simple conjunction, and the vav-consecutive in ve-rachats {וְרָחַץ | wə·ra·ḥaṣ} ‘and he shall wash’ shifts aspect to perfect, signaling the concluding purification act with ba-mayim {בַּמַּ֛יִם | ba·ma·yim} ‘in the water’ specifying the means. English preserves this structure by segmenting sequential instructions while maintaining the thematic focus on holiness and ritual progression.

Root and etymology

b-d-db-d-d

linen

In contextLeviticus 16:4

He shall put on the sacred linen tunic , and the linen undergarments shall be upon his flesh; he shall tie with the linen sash and wrap himself with the linen turban. These are holy garments; so he shall bathe himself with water and put them on.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 16:4, so the Hebrew word בַּ֖ד (bad) 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.16.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.4.W11.S1) and character.