Leviticus 20:18:13Lev.20.18.W13TAB
וְנִכְרְת֥וּ
venikhretu
“shall be cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-nikh-re-TU
- Extended
- veh-nikh-reh-TUU
- IPA
- /və.niχ.rəˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be cut off
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nikh-re-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem
- clause
ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem mik-KE-rev am-MAM
- 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
The niphal perfect ve-nikhrētu {וְנִכְרְתּוּ | wə-nikh-rē-tū} conveys a passive, judicial exclusion applied to shenehem {שְׁנֵיהֶם | šenêhem} “both of them” from mi-kerev ammam {מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּם | miqqēreḇ ʿammām}, aligning legal prescript with communal boundaries.
Root and etymology
Rootk-r-t
“to cut off”
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 20:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 20:18, so the Hebrew word וְנִכְרְת֥וּ (venikhretu) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.18.W13.S1) and character.