Leviticus 20:5:7Lev.20.5.W7TAB
וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י
vehikhrati
“cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-hikh-ra-TI
- Extended
- veh-hikh-rah-TEE
- IPA
- /və.hix.raˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO
- clause
ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
- sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect wə-hikrattî {וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י | wə-hikrattî} ‘and I will cut off’ is a covenantal legal formula indicating exclusion or death.
Root and etymology
Rootk-r-t
“to cut off”
In context — Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י (vehikhrati) 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.20.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W7.S1) and character.