Leviticus 18:13:1Lev.18.13.W1TAB
עֶרְוַ֥ת
ervat
“nakedness”
- Transliteration
- er-VAT
- Extended
- ehr-VAT
- IPA
- /ʕɛrˈwaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT a-khot-im-me-KHAA
- clause
er-VAT a-khot-im-me-KHAA LO te-gal-LEH
- sentence
er-VAT a-khot-im-me-KHAA LO te-gal-LEH ki-sheh-ER im-me-KHAA HEE
Exegesis
The prohibition is built on the abstract noun ervat {עֶרְוַת | ʿer-waṯ} ‘nakedness’, which is bound by the construct chain akhot-immekha {אֲחוֹת־אִמְּךָ | ʾaḥôt-ʾimməḵā} ‘sister of your mother’, forming the object of the Hiphil action lo-tegalleh {לֹא תְגַלֵּה | lō-tə-gal-lēh} ‘you shall not uncover’.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־הayin–resh–heh
“to be exposed, lay bare”
In context — Leviticus 18:13
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:13, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֥ת (ervat) 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.13.W1.S1) and character.