Leviticus 20:23:11Lev.20.23.W11TAB
וָאָקֻ֖ץ
vaakuts
“detested”
- Transliteration
- va-a-KUTS
- Extended
- vah-ah-KOOTS
- IPA
- /waʔaˈquts/
Meaning by language
- English
- detested
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-KUTS
- clause
KI et-kol-EH-leh a-SU va-a-KUTS BAM
- sentence
ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM KI et-kol-EH-leh a-SU va-a-KUTS BAM
Exegesis
The final vav-conversive verb vaakuts {וָאָקֻץ | wă-ʾā-quṭs} ‘I abhorred’ employs the imperfect form to express a completed divine sentiment of rejection. This syntax preserves causal logic and underscores the moral basis for the prohibition.
Root and etymology
RootQof, Vav, Tsade
“to abhor; feel disgust”
In context — Leviticus 20:23
And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am driving out from before you, because they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:23, so the Hebrew word וָאָקֻ֖ץ (vaakuts) 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.20.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.23.W11.S1) and character.