Leviticus 21:3:1Lev.21.3.W1TAB
וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹ
vehlahahkhohtoh
“and for his sister”
- Transliteration
- veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh
- Extended
- veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh
- IPA
- /vəlaʔăˈxoːtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for his sister
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh
- phraseyour reading level
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH
- clause
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH ha-ke-ro-VAH e-LAV a-SHER lo-ha-ye-TAH le-ISH
- sentence
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH ha-ke-ro-VAH e-LAV a-SHER lo-ha-ye-TAH le-ISH LAH yi-ta-MAA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ve-la-akho-to {וְלַאֲחֹתוֹ | wə-la-ʾă-ḥō-ṯô} ‘and for his sister’ sets the beneficiary.
In context — Leviticus 21:3
And for his sister, the virgin who has not been to a man and is closely related to him, he shall make himself unclean for her.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹ (vehlahahkhohtoh) 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.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.3.W1.S1) and character.