Leviticus 20:3:6Lev.20.3.W6TAB
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י
vehikhratee
“will cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-hikh-ra-TEE
- Extended
- veh-hikh-rah-TEE
- IPA
- /və.hi.xraˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hikh-ra-TEE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO
- clause
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO
- sentence
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
Exegesis
The clause wə-hikrattî {וְהִכְרַתִּי | wəhikrattî} ‘and I will cut off’ links the divine decree to its effect: ʾôtô {אֹתוֹ | ʾôtô} ‘him’ from mikkerev ʿammô {מִקֶּרֶב עַמּוֹ | miqqerēḇ ʿammô} ‘from the midst of his people’.
Root and etymology
Rootk-r-t
“to cut off”
In context — Leviticus 20:3
I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from the midst of his people because he gave some of his offspring to Molekh to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:3, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (vehikhratee) 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.20.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.3.W6.S1) and character.