Leviticus 18:19:7Lev.18.19.W7TAB
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃
ehrvataah
“her nakedness”
- Transliteration
- ehr-va-TAAH
- Extended
- ehr-va-TAAH
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.waˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ehr-va-TAAH
- clause
LO tik-RAV leh-gal-LOHT ehr-va-TAAH
- sentence
veh-el-ish-SHAA be-nid-DAT tum-ah-TAH LO tik-RAV leh-gal-LOHT ehr-va-TAAH
Exegesis
The infinitive legalot {לְגַלּוֹת | lə-gal-lôt} ‘to uncover’ with ervatah {עֶרְוָתָהּ | ʿer-wa-tāh} ‘her nakedness’ conveys an idiom for sexual intercourse. Hebrew word order emphasizes the prohibition through the fronted conjunctive vav, while the infinitive clause introduces the specific act being prohibited.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־הayin–resh–heh
“to be exposed, lay bare”
In context — Leviticus 18:19
And you shall not approach a woman during the uncleanness of her menstruation to uncover her nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:19, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ (ehrvataah) 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.18.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.19.W7.S1) and character.