Leviticus 21:15:1Lev.21.15.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־יְחַלֵּ֥ל
veloyekhallel
“not profane”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yeh-khal-LEH
- IPA
- /vəloː.jəħalˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- not profane
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O
- clause
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O be-am-AV
- sentence
ve-LO-ye-khal-LEL zar-O be-am-AV KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-DEH-sho
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prohibition velo {וְלֹא־ | wə-lō} ‘and not’, where the prefixed vav combines with the negation particle to introduce the command.
The Piel imperfect yechallel {יְחַלֵּל | ye-kha-lēl} ‘defile’ expresses potential or repeated desecration.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־לchet-lamed-lamed
“to profane, pollute, desecrate”
In context — Leviticus 21:15
And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who makes him holy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:15, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יְחַלֵּ֥ל (veloyekhallel) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.15.W1.S1) and character.