Leviticus 17:4:18Lev.17.4.W18TAB
וְנִכְרַ֛ת
vehnikhrat
“and shall be cut off”
- Transliteration
- veh-niKH-RAT
- Extended
- veh-niKH-RAHT
- IPA
- /vəniχˈrat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shall be cut off
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
veh-niKH-RAT
- clause
DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
- 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
Finally, veniḵraṯ ha’ish hahu mi-kerev ammo {וְנִכְרַת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֹ | wə-nik-rat hā-ʾîš ha-hûʾ miq-qě-reḇ ʿam-mōʾ} ‘and he shall be cut off from among his people’ employs the vav consecutive prefix + Nifal perfect to pronounce communal exclusion.
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 17:4:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְנִכְרַ֛ת (vehnikhrat) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.4.W18.S1) and character.