Leviticus 17:4:1Lev.17.4.W1TAB
וְאֶל־פֶּ֜תַח
vehelpetakh
“and to the entrance of”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-PE-takh
- Extended
- veh-el-PEH-takh
- IPA
- /vəʔelˈpɛtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the entrance of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-el-PE-takh
- clause
veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The construction begins with the directional preposition vav-ve’el {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’ indicating movement toward petach ohel mo’ed {פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | pē-ṭaḥ ʾō-hel mō-ʿêḏ} ‘the entrance of the tent of meeting’.
Root and etymology
פ־ת־ח
“opening”
In context — Leviticus 17:4
If he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man ; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־פֶּ֜תַח (vehelpetakh) 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.17.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.4.W1.S1) and character.