Leviticus 20:23:3Lev.20.23.W3TAB
בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת
bekhukkot
“in the statutes of”
- Transliteration
- be-khuk-KOT
- Extended
- beh-khook-KOHT
- IPA
- /bəχuqˈqoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the statutes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-khuk-KOT
- phraseyour reading level
be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI
- clause
ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM
- 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 verse opens with the prefixed conjunction velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not,’ signaling a prohibition centered on the imperfect verb telekhu {תֵֽלְכוּ | tĕlĕḵû} ‘you shall walk’ and its object bechukot {בְּחֻקֹּת | bə-ḥuqqōṯ} ‘statutes.’
Root and etymology
RootChet, Qof, Qof
“engrave; prescribe”
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 20:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:23, so the Hebrew word בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת (bekhukkot) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.23.W3.S1) and character.