Leviticus 20:7:1Lev.20.7.W1TAB
וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם
vehhitkaddishtem
“consecrate yourselves”
- Transliteration
- veh-hit-kad-dish-TEM
- Extended
- veh-hit-kad-dish-TEHM
- IPA
- /və.hit.qad.diʃˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- consecrate yourselves
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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-hit-kad-dish-TEM
- clause
veh-hit-kad-dish-TEM vih-yee-TEM keh-doh-SHEEM
- sentence
veh-hit-kad-dish-TEM vih-yee-TEM keh-doh-SHEEM KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prefixed verb vehitqaddishtem {וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם | hithqaḏdîštêm} ‘and you shall consecrate yourselves’, using the Hithpael stem to convey reflexive sanctification.
Root and etymology
k-d-shKaf-Dalet-Shin
“to be set apart”
In context — Leviticus 20:7
And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:7, so the Hebrew word וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם (vehhitkaddishtem) 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.20.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.7.W1.S1) and character.