Leviticus 19:12:4Lev.19.12.W4TAB
וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛
vehkhilalta
“profane”
- Transliteration
- veh-khi-lal-TA
- Extended
- veh-khi-lal-TAH
- IPA
- /wəħilˈlalta/
Meaning by language
- English
- profane
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-khi-lal-TA
- clause
veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-loh-ti-sha-veh-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The second flows in ve-ḥil-lal-tā {וְחִלַּלְתָּ | wə-ḥil-lal-tā} ‘and you shall profane,’ where the direct-object marker ʾeṯ {אֵת | ʾeṯ} foregrounds šēm {שֵׁם | šēm} ‘name’ as patient.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-lamed-lamed
“to profane, desecrate”
In context — Leviticus 19:12
And you shall not swear falsely by My name, nor shall you profane the name of your God . I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛ (vehkhilalta) 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.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.12.W4.S1) and character.