Leviticus 17:13:15Lev.17.13.W15TAB
וְשָׁפַךְ֙
vehshafakh
“{And} pour out”
- Transliteration
- veh-SHA-fakh
- Extended
- veh-SHAA-fakh
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaː.faχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} pour out
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-SHA-fakh
- clause
veh-SHA-fakh et-da-MO veh-khi-SAA-hoo be-a-FAR
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mih-BEH-NEH yis-ra-EL oo-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER ya-TSUD TSEID khai-YA OHF a-SHER ye-a-KHEL veh-SHA-fakh et-da-MO veh-khi-SAA-hoo be-a-FAR
Exegesis
The successive perfect verbs wə-šā-p̄aḵ and wə-kīs-sā-hû {וְשָׁפַךְ ... וְכִסָּהוּ | wə-šā-p̄aḵ ... wə-kīs-sā-hû} articulate the ritual sequence of draining blood and covering it.
In context — Leviticus 17:13
And any man of the sons of Israel, or from the stranger who sojourns among them, who hunts prey—animal or bird—that may be eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 17:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁפַךְ֙ (vehshafakh) 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.17.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.13.W15.S1) and character.