Leviticus 20:15:8Lev.20.15.W8TAB
וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה
vehethabehemaa
“and the animal”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-be-HEH-MAA
- IPA
- /və.ʔet.ha.be.he.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the animal
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA
- clause
veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA ta-ha-RO-goo
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA ta-ha-RO-goo
Exegesis
Coordination with ve-et-habbehema {וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה | wəʾet-habbēmâh} and taḥăregû {תַּהֲרֹגוּ | taḥăregû} assigns communal responsibility to execute both offender and beast. Hebrew verb-final order and the infinitive absolute convey legal emphasis, rendered in English with modal auxiliaries for clarity.
Root and etymology
ב־ה־מ
“beast, animal”
In context — Leviticus 20:15
And any man who lies with an animal must be put to death , and you must kill the animal.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 20:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה (vehethabehemaa) 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.20.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.15.W8.S1) and character.