Leviticus 17:15:4Lev.17.15.W4TAB
נְבֵלָה֙
nehvehlah
“carcass”
- Transliteration
- neh-veh-LAH
- Extended
- neh-veh-LAA
- IPA
- /nə.veˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- carcass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
neh-veh-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH
- clause
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER
- sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The restrictive relative clause asher tokhal nevelah trefah {אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכַל נְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה | ʾă-šer tōʾ-ḵal nǝ-vê-lāh ū-tᵊ-rê-p̄āh} specifies prohibited substances.
In context — Leviticus 17:15
And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word נְבֵלָה֙ (nehvehlah) 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.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W4.S1) and character.