Leviticus 18:10:9Lev.18.10.W9TAB
עֶרְוָתְךָ֖
ervatkha
“your nakedness”
- Transliteration
- er-vat-KHA
- Extended
- ehr-vat-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.vat.ˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-vat-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
KI er-vat-KHA
- clause
KI er-vat-KHA HE-na
- sentence
er-VAT bat-bin-KHA OH bat-bit-KHA LO te-ga-LEH er-va-TAN KI er-vat-KHA HE-na
Exegesis
In the clause ki ervatkha hēnna {כִּי עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ הֵֽנָּה֙ | kī ʿer·wat·kha hēn·nā} the copular pronoun hēn·nā ‘they are’ links the subject to its predicate, grounding the prohibition in kinship identity.
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 18:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 18:10, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ (ervatkha) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.10.W9.S1) and character.