Leviticus 20:18:10Lev.20.18.W10TAB
גִּלְּתָ֖ה
gilletah
“uncovered”
- Transliteration
- gil-le-TAH
- Extended
- geel-leh-TAAH
- IPA
- /ɡil.ləˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- uncovered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
gil-le-TAH
- clause
ve-ISH a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH da-VAH ve-gil-LAH et-er-va-TAH et-me-ko-RAH heh-eh-RAH ve-HI gil-le-TAH et-me-KOR da-me-HA
- sentence
ve-ISH a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH da-VAH ve-gil-LAH et-er-va-TAH et-me-ko-RAH heh-eh-RAH ve-HI gil-le-TAH et-me-KOR da-me-HA ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem mik-KE-rev am-MAM
Exegesis
A chiastic parallelism structures the uncovering verbs ve-gillah {וְגִלָּה | wə-gil-lāh} and gilletah {גִּלְּתָה | gil-lə-tāh}, centering on ervatah {עֶרְוָה | ʿerwāh} “nakedness” and mekor {מְקוֹר | məqôr} “source.”
In context — Leviticus 20:18
And if a man lies with a woman who is menstruating, and he uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 20:18, so the Hebrew word גִּלְּתָ֖ה (gilletah) 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.20.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.18.W10.S1) and character.