Leviticus 18:10:7Lev.18.10.W7TAB
עֶרְוָתָ֑ן
ervatan
“their nakedness”
- Transliteration
- er-va-TAN
- Extended
- ehr-va-TAAN
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.va.ˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- their nakedness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
er-va-TAN
- clause
er-VAT bat-bin-KHA OH bat-bit-KHA LO te-ga-LEH er-va-TAN
- sentence
er-VAT bat-bin-KHA OH bat-bit-KHA LO te-ga-LEH er-va-TAN KI er-vat-KHA HE-na
Exegesis
The construct phrase ervat bat-bincha {עֶרְוַ֤ת בַּת־בִּנְךָ֙ | ʿer·wāṯ bat-bin·kha} ‘nakedness of your granddaughter’ and its parallel bat-bittecha {בַּת־בִּתֶּךָ֔ | bat-bit-te·kha} ‘daughter of your daughter’ establish two lines of descent.
The repetition of ervat {עֶרְוַת | ʿer·wāṯ} reinforces the legal seriousness of incest laws.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-resh-vav
“nakedness”
In context — Leviticus 18:10
The nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter you shall not uncover—their nakedness—because they are your nakedness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:10, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוָתָ֑ן (ervatan) 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.18.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.10.W7.S1) and character.