Leviticus 19:21:4Lev.19.21.W4TAB
אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח
elpetakh
“to the entrance of the”
- Transliteration
- el-PE-takh
- Extended
- ehl-PEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /ʔel.ˈpɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the entrance of the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-PE-takh
- clause
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED EIL a-SHAM
Exegesis
Location is specified by el {אֶל | ʼel} plus petakh {פֶּתַח | pə-ṯaḥ} ‘entrance’, further defined by the construct chain ohel moed {אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ʼō-hel mō-‛êḏ} ‘tent of meeting’.
Root and etymology
RootPe, Tav, Chet
“opening, entrance”
In context — Leviticus 19:21
And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as a guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח (elpetakh) 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.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.21.W4.S1) and character.