Leviticus 18:17:3Lev.18.17.W3TAB
וּבִתָּ֖הּ
oobittah
“and her daughter”
- Transliteration
- oo-bit-TAH
- Extended
- oo-bit-TAAH
- IPA
- /u.bit.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and her daughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-bit-TAH
- 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 vav conjunctions in u-vitah {וּבִתָּהּ | u·bit·tāh} and ve-et-bat-bitah {וְאֶת־בַּת־בִּתָּהּ | wə·ʾet·bat·bit·tāh} extend the prohibition to her daughter, her son’s daughter, and her daughter’s daughter.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-tav
“daughter”
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 18:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:17, so the Hebrew word וּבִתָּ֖הּ (oobittah) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.17.W3.S1) and character.