Leviticus 20:11:6Lev.20.11.W6TAB
עֶרְוַ֥ת
ervat
“the nakedness of”
- Transliteration
- er-VAT
- Extended
- ehr-VAAT
- IPA
- /ʕɛrˈvaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nakedness of
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
er-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT a-VIV
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-EH-shet a-VIV er-VAT a-VIV gi-LAH
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-EH-shet a-VIV er-VAT a-VIV gi-LAH moht-yoo-MET-oo sheh-NEI-hem de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} 'who' introduces yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiškav} 'lies down' together with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} preceding the noun phrase eshet aviv {אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו | ʾêšet ʾāḇîw} 'the wife of his father.' The construct phrase ervat aviv {עֶרְוַת אָבִיו | ʿerwâṯ ʾāḇîw} 'the nakedness of his father' specifies the illicit relation.
Root and etymology
ayin-resh-heayin-resh-he
“nakedness, exposure”
In context — Leviticus 20:11
And if a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness . They shall surely be put to death, both of them; their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:11, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֥ת (ervat) 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.20.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.11.W6.S1) and character.