Leviticus 18:4:3Lev.18.4.W3TAB
וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֥י
vehetkhookohtai
“and my statutes”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI
- Extended
- veh-eht-khoo-koh-TAI
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.ħu.qoˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my statutes
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU
- clause
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU la-LE-khet ba-HEM
- sentence
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU la-LE-khet ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-ʾeṯ-ḥûq-qō-ṯāy {וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי | wə-ʾeṯ-ḥûq-qō-ṯāy} ‘and my statutes’ parallels the first object and links to tiš-me-rû {תִּשְׁמְרוּ | tiš-me-rû} ‘you shall keep’, creating balanced parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-qof-qof
“to inscribe, decree, statute”
In context — Leviticus 18:4
You shall do my judgments and you shall keep my statutes, to walk in them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֥י (vehetkhookohtai) 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.18.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.4.W3.S1) and character.