Leviticus 20:25:1Lev.20.25.W1TAB
וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם
vehhivdaltem
“separate”
- Transliteration
- veh-hiv-dal-TEM
- Extended
- veh-hiv-dahl-TEM
- IPA
- /wəhiv.dalˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- separate
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-hiv-dal-TEM
- clause
veh-hiv-dal-TEM BEIN-ha-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA lat-te-me-AH u-BEIN-ha-OF hat-ta-ME lat-ta-HOR
- sentence
veh-hiv-dal-TEM BEIN-ha-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA lat-te-me-AH u-BEIN-ha-OF hat-ta-ME lat-ta-HOR ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-he-MAA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehivdaltem {וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם | wə·hib·dal·tem} ‘and you shall separate’, where the Hiphil perfect conveys causative agency ascribed to Israel.
Root and etymology
b-d-lbet-dalet-lamed
“to divide, separate”
In context — Leviticus 20:25
And you shall separate between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. And you shall not make your souls detestable by any animal or by any bird or by anything that crawls on the ground, those which I have set apart for you for uncleanness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:25, so the Hebrew word וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם (vehhivdaltem) 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.20.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.25.W1.S1) and character.