Leviticus 18:9:13Lev.18.9.W13TAB
עֶרְוָתָֽן׃ ס
ervatan
“their nakedness”
- Transliteration
- er-va-TAN
- Extended
- ehr-va-TAAN
- IPA
- /ʕɛrvaˈθaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-va-TAN
- clause
LO te-gal-LEH er-va-TAN
- sentence
er-VAT a-KHOT-kha vat-a-VEE-kha OH vat-i-MEKH-kha mo-LE-det BA-yit OH mo-LE-det KHUTS LO te-gal-LEH er-va-TAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a construct chain ervat akhotkha {עֶרְוַת | ʿer·wāṯ} ‘nakedness’ + ‘your sister’ indicating the legal subject.
The construct ervatan {עֶרְוָתָן | ʿer·wā·ṯān} ‘their nakedness’ generalizes the forbidden exposure across both cases.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־הayin–resh–heh
“to be exposed, lay bare”
In context — Leviticus 18:9
The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born in the house or born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 18:9, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוָתָֽן׃ ס (ervatan) 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.18.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.9.W13.S1) and character.