Leviticus 19:34:8Lev.19.34.W8TAB
וְאָהַבְתָּ֥
vehahhavta
“love”
- Transliteration
- veh-ah-HAV-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-HAV-TAA
- IPA
- /wəʔaːhavˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- love
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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-ah-HAV-TA
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ah-HAV-TA LO
- clause
keh-EZ-RAKH mih-KEM yih-YEH la-KHEM ha-GER ha-GAR it-te-KHEM veh-ah-HAV-TA LO kah-MO-kha kee-geh-REEM heh-yee-TEM be-EH-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
keh-EZ-RAKH mih-KEM yih-YEH la-KHEM ha-GER ha-GAR it-te-KHEM veh-ah-HAV-TA LO kah-MO-kha kee-geh-REEM heh-yee-TEM be-EH-rets mits-RA-yim a-NI Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-hee-KHEM
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in veahavta {וְאָהַבְתָּ | wəʾāhavtā} marks the main imperative ‘and you shall love,’ with kamokha {כָּמוֹךָ | kāmōḵā} ‘as yourself’ serving as the comparative complement.
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — Leviticus 19:34
As the native-born among you, the foreigner who sojourns with you shall be like one born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 19:34, so the Hebrew word וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ (vehahhavta) 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.19.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.34.W8.S1) and character.