Leviticus 18:17:1Lev.18.17.W1TAB
עֶרְוַ֥ת
ervat
“the nakedness of”
- Transliteration
- er-VAT
- Extended
- ehr-VAHT
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.ˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nakedness of
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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 i-SHAH
- clause
er-VAT i-SHAH oo-bit-TAH LO te-gal-LEH
- sentence
er-VAT i-SHAH oo-bit-TAH LO te-gal-LEH ET-bat-be-NAH veh-ET-bat-bit-TAH LO ti-KAKH le-gal-LOT er-va-TAH sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH zi-MAH HI
Exegesis
The verse employs a construct chain ervat ishah {עֶרְוַת אִשָּׁה | ʿer·wat ʾish·šāh} ‘nakedness of a woman’, signaling a prohibition on sexual exposure.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־הayin–resh–heh
“to be exposed, lay bare”
In context — Leviticus 18:17
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They are her close relatives ; it is wickedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:17, 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.18.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.17.W1.S1) and character.