Leviticus 21:14:9Lev.21.14.W9TAB
אִם־בְּתוּלָ֥ה
imbehtoolah
“a virgin”
- Transliteration
- im-beh-TOO-LAH
- Extended
- ihm-beh-too-LAAH
- IPA
- /ʔim.bətuˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a virgin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-beh-TOO-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV
- clause
KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
- sentence
al-ma-NAH u-ge-roo-SHAH va-kha-la-LAH zo-NAH et-EH-leh LO yih-KAAKH KI im-beh-TOO-LAH meh-ah-MAAV yih-KAKH i-SHAH
Root and etymology
b-t-lbet-tav-lamed
“virgin, untouched”
In context — Leviticus 21:14
A widow, a divorced woman, a profaned woman , or a prostitute—these he must not take; but he shall take only a virgin from among his own people as his wife .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 21:14, so the Hebrew word אִם־בְּתוּלָ֥ה (imbehtoolah) 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.21.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.14.W9.S1) and character.