Leviticus 18:29:7Lev.18.29.W7TAB
וְנִכְרְת֛וּ
vehnikhretu
“will be cut off”
- Transliteration
- veh-nikh-re-TU
- Extended
- veh-nikh-reh-TOO
- IPA
- /və.nix.rəˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be cut off
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-nikh-re-TU
- clause
veh-nikh-re-TU han-ne-fa-SHOT ha-o-SOT mi-KE-rev am-MAM
- sentence
KI KOL-a-SHER ya-a-SEH mi-KOL ha-to-e-VOHT ha-EH-leh veh-nikh-re-TU han-ne-fa-SHOT ha-o-SOT mi-KE-rev am-MAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive Niphal perfect wə-nikhraṭū {וְנִכְרְת֛וּ | wə-nikhraṭū} ‘and shall be cut off’ delivers the consequence.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-resh-tav
“cut off”
In context — Leviticus 18:29
For anyone who does any of these abominations , the souls doing them shall be cut off from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:29, so the Hebrew word וְנִכְרְת֛וּ (vehnikhretu) 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.18.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.29.W7.S1) and character.