Leviticus 21:13:3Lev.21.13.W3TAB
בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ
vivehtoolehhah
“in her virginity”
- Transliteration
- vi-veh-too-LEH-hah
- Extended
- vee-veh-too-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /vi.və.θuːˈlɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her virginity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-veh-too-LEH-hah
- phraseyour reading level
ish-SHAH vi-veh-too-LEH-hah
- sentence
veh-HOO ish-SHAH vi-veh-too-LEH-hah yik-KAKH
Exegesis
The noun ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾiš-sāh} appears next and is immediately qualified by the construct phrase bivtuleha {בִבְתוּלֶיהָ | bə-ṯə-ṯū-lē-hā} ‘in her virginity’, specifying the required status of the object.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-tav-lamed
“virginity, unmarried state”
In context — Leviticus 21:13
And he shall take a woman in her virginity as a wife.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:13, so the Hebrew word בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ (vivehtoolehhah) 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.21.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.13.W3.S1) and character.