Leviticus 17:9:1Lev.17.9.W1TAB
וְאֶל־פֶּ֜תַח
vehelpetakh
“and to the entrance”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-PE-takh
- Extended
- veh-el-PEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /və.ʔel.ˈpɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the entrance
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 O-hel mo-ED LO ye-VEE-EH-noo la-a-SOT o-TO la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED LO ye-VEE-EH-noo la-a-SOT o-TO la-ye-ho-VAH ve-nikh-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU me-am-MAV
Exegesis
It opens with the directional phrase ve-el petah ohel moed {וְאֶל־פֶּ֜תַח אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד | wə-ʾel pĕ-ṭaḥ ʾō-hel mō-ʿēd} ‘sanctuary entrance.’ A negative clause ‘does not bring it’ establishes the ongoing requirement, immediately followed by the purpose clause ‘to make it an offering to the LORD.’
Root and etymology
פ־ת־ח
“opening”
In context — Leviticus 17:9
If someone fails to carry it to the entrance of the tent of meeting for presentation before the LORD , that individual shall be cut off from the community .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:9, 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.17.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.9.W1.S1) and character.