Leviticus 21:7:3Lev.21.7.W3TAB
וַחֲלָלָה֙
vakhalalah
“and a defiled woman”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-la-LAH
- Extended
- vah-kha-lah-LAAH
- IPA
- /wa.ħă.la.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a defiled woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
va-kha-la-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
ih-SHAH zo-NAH va-kha-la-LAH
- clause
ih-SHAH zo-NAH va-kha-la-LAH LO yi-KA-KHU ve-ih-SHAH ge-ru-SHAH meh-ih-SHAH LO yi-KA-KHU
- sentence
ih-SHAH zo-NAH va-kha-la-LAH LO yi-KA-KHU ve-ih-SHAH ge-ru-SHAH meh-ih-SHAH LO yi-KA-KHU KEE-kah-DOSH HU leh-eh-lo-HAAV
Exegesis
The first prohibition links ishšâh zōnāh va-ḥă-lā-lāh {אִשָּׁה זֹנָה וַחֲלָלָה | ʾiš-šāh zō-nāh va-ḥă-lā-lāh} in a hendiadys through the coordinating vav, grouping two disqualifying categories.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ל
“to profane”
In context — Leviticus 21:7
They must not take a wife who is a prostitute or a profaned woman; nor shall they take a divorced woman from her husband, because he is holy to his God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:7, so the Hebrew word וַחֲלָלָה֙ (vakhalalah) 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.21.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.7.W3.S1) and character.