Leviticus 18:28:1Lev.18.28.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא
vehlohtakee
“not vomit out”
- Transliteration
- veh-loh-ta-KEE
- Extended
- veh-loh-ta-KEE
- IPA
- /və.loː.taˈqiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not vomit out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-loh-ta-KEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets
- clause
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH
- sentence
veh-loh-ta-KEE ha-A-rets et-KHEM beh-ta-ma-a-KHEM o-TAH ka-a-SHER ka-A et-ha-GOY a-SHER lif-NE-khem
Exegesis
The verse begins with velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} marking a negative jussive that expresses warning or purpose.
The verb taqi {תָקִיא | tāqīʾ} personifies haarets {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} as the agent expelling its inhabitants.
In context — Leviticus 18:28
Lest the land vomit you out in your defiling , just as it vomited out the nation before you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:28, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא (vehlohtakee) 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.18.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.28.W1.S1) and character.